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ADW(4)			     Kernel Interfaces Manual			  ADW(4)

NAME
     adw -- Advansys PCI 16bit SCSI Host adapter driver

SYNOPSIS
     controller pci
     controller adw

     For one or more SCSI busses:
     controller scbus0 at adw0

DESCRIPTION
     This driver provides access to the 16bit SCSI bus connected to the Advanced
     Systems  Products,  Inc.	ASC3550  Ultra, and ASC38C0800 Ultra2, SCSI Host
     Adapter chips.  AdvanSys products incorporating  these  chips  include  the
     ABP[3]940UW,  ABP950UW,  ABP970UW,  ABP3940U2W, and ABP3950U2W.  Both chips
     support, synchronous transfers (20MHz and 40MHz  max  respectively),  16bit
     transfers, tagged queueing, and up to 253 concurrent SCSI transactions.

     Per target configuration performed in the AdvanceWare menu, which is acces-
     sible  at boot, is honored by this driver.  This includes synchronous/asyn-
     chronous transfers, maximum synchronous negotiation rate,	wide  transfers,
     disconnection, tagged queueing, and the host adapter's SCSI ID.  The global
     setting for the maximum number of tagged transactions allowed per target is
     not honored as the CAM SCSI system will automatically determine the maximum
     number  of tags a device can receive as well as guarantee fair resource al-
     location among devices.

SEE ALSO
     adv(4), cd(4), da(4), sa(4), scsi(4)

AUTHORS
     The adw driver was ported by Justin T. Gibbs from the Linux driver  written
     by  Bob Frey of Advanced System Products, Inc.  Many thanks to AdvanSys for
     providing the original driver under a suitable license for use in FreeBSD.

HISTORY
     The adw driver appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

FreeBSD 4.5			February 13, 2000			  ADW(4)

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