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The csa module provides low-level interface routines between the common disk I/O subsystem and the Compaq SMART Array controllers. The csa module can be configured for disk support for one or more host adapter boards. Auto configuration code determines if the adapter is present at the configured address and what types of logical devices are configured on it.
The driver attempts to initialize itself in accordance with the information found in the configuration file, /kernel/drv/csa.conf and with the information recorded in the EISA NVRAM. Each controller can support up to eight logical devices. The number and sizes of the logical devices are specified via the Compaq EISA Configuration Utility (ECU).
The user-configurable item in csa.conf is:
The number of buffers which the driver should allocate to each controller board. The value specified should be between 16 and 255.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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Architecture | x86 |
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