wdha(HW)

wdha -- Western Digital 7000 SCSI host adapter driver

Description

NOTE: This driver is no longer supported by SCO, however, it is still provided with SCO OpenServer for your convenience. Contact your hardware vendor for support.

wdha is the device driver for Western Digital 7000 SCSI host adapter cards.

Refer to the Compatible Hardware Web Pages. to determine the support status of your host adapter, or contact your system supplier.

Configuring the wdha driver

You can configure the wdha driver using entries in /etc/conf/cf.d/mdevice and /etc/conf/sdevice.d/wdha. See mdevice(F) and sdevice(F). Changes to these files will only take effect if the kernel is relinked using link_unix(ADM) and the machine rebooted.

Configure wdha driver-specific characteristics by editing the /etc/conf/pack.d/wdha/space.c file.

ioctl commands

The wdha driver supports all standard SCSI ioctls that are defined in the <sys/scsicmd.h> header file and documented on the scsi(HW) manual page.

Diagnostics

These error messages associated with wdha may display on the console. See messages(M) for general information about kernel error messages, including a list of generic device driver errors.

WARNING: wdha: Command 0xm not completed, no status: host=0xn target=0xo: Reports an uncompleted command.
WARNING: wdha: Command 0xm rejected, port=0xn status=0xo: Reports an illegal command.
WARNING: wdha: Selection timeout cmd=0xn: A command timed out without receiving an interrupt.
WARNING: wdha: Unexpected WDMBI status 0xn: The incoming mailbox is in an unexpected state after an interrupt.
WARNING: wdha: Unknown WDMBI status 0xn: The incoming mailbox is in an unrecognized state after an interrupt.
PANIC: wdha: No ccb available: The driver could not find an available command control block on attempting to start a SCSI job.

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