Timeout Handler

The HBA driver is responsible for enforcing time outs. A command must be complete within a specified time unless a zero time out has been specified in the scsi_pkt(9S) structure.

When a command times out, the HBA driver should mark the scsi_pkt(9S) with pkt_reason set to CMD_TIMEOUT and pkt_statistics OR'd with STAT_TIMEOUT. The HBA driver should also attempt to recover the target and bus. If this recovery can be performed successfully, the driver should mark the scsi_pkt(9S) using pkt_statistics OR'd with either STAT_BUS_RESET or STAT_DEV_RESET.

After the recovery attempt has completed, the HBA driver should call the command completion callback.

If recovery was unsuccessful or not attempted, the target driver might attempt to recover from the timeout by calling scsi_reset(9F).

The ISP hardware manages command timeout directly and returns timed-out commands with the necessary status. The timeout handler for the isp sample driver checks active commands for the time out state only once every 60 seconds.

The isp sample driver uses the timeout(9F) facility to arrange for the kernel to call the timeout handler every 60 seconds. The caddr_t argument is the parameter set up when the timeout is initialized at attach(9E) time. In this case, the caddr_t argument is a pointer to the state structure allocated per driver instance.

If timed-out commands have not been returned as timed-out by the ISP hardware, a problem has occurred. The hardware is not functioning correctly and needs to be reset.