Avago Technologies LSI SAS 3041E-R - Manual (Page 68)

3-28 UNIX Operating System Device Drivers
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Section 3.5.2, “Driver Features and LSI Device Support”
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Section 3.5.3, “Preparing to Install the Fusion-MPT Linux Drivers”
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Section 3.5.4, “Configuring and Building the Fusion-MPT Linux
Drivers”
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Section 3.5.5, “Loading the Drivers as Modules”
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Section 3.5.6, “Boot Setup Commands”
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Section 3.5.7, “Troubleshooting”
3.5.1 Introducing the Linux Drivers
The LSI Fusion-MPT mptlinux drivers allow Linux operating systems to
interface with devices connected to LSI Ultra320 SCSI and Fibre
Channel controller chips and host adapter cards.
The LSI mptlinux drivers are free software and are supported in source
form. These drivers are distributed in the hope that they will be useful,
but without any warranty and without even the implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. You can redistribute
them and/or modify them under the terms of version 2 or later of the
GNU Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation. You
should have received a copy of this license with your Linux kernel source
tree (
/usr/src/linux/COPYING ).
For detailed information on the GNU Public License, contact the Free
Software Foundation, Inc. at the following URL:
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
3.5.2 Driver Features and LSI Device Support
The mptlinux drivers support these features:
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1 Gbit/s and 2 Gbit/s Fibre Channel transfer rates
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Ultra320 transfer rates
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LSI Fusion-MPT Architecture and common software interface
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Low host CPU utilization with one, or less than one, interrupt per I/O
The mptlinux drivers support the following LSI controller chips:
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LSIFC949X