SCSI_IFGETCAP(9F)SCSI_IFGETCAP(9F)NAME
scsi_ifgetcap, scsi_ifsetcap - get/set SCSI transport capability
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/scsi/scsi.h>
int scsi_ifgetcap(struct scsi_address *ap, char *cap, int whom);
int scsi_ifsetcap(struct scsi_address *ap, char *cap, int value,
int whom);
INTERFACE LEVEL
Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).
PARAMETERS
ap
Pointer to the scsi_address structure.
cap
Pointer to the string capability identifier.
value
Defines the new state of the capability.
whom
Determines if all targets or only the specified target is
affected.
DESCRIPTION
The scsi_ifsetcap() function is used by target drivers to set the capa‐
bilities of the host adapter driver. The cap pointer is a name-value
pair identified by a null-terminated character string and the integer
value of the cap. The current value of the capability can be retrieved
with the scsi_ifgetcap() function. If the whom value is 0, all target
drivers are affected. Otherwise, the scsi_address structure pointed to
by ap is the only target that is affected.
The driver should confirm that scsi_ifsetcap() and scsi_ifsetcap()
functions are called with a cap that points to a capability which is
supported by the device.
The following capabilities have been defined:
dma-max
Maximum dma transfer size that is supported by
the host adapter.
dma-max-arch
Maximum dma transfer size that is supported by
system. Takes the host adapter and system
architecture into account. This is useful for
target drivers which do not support partial
DMAs on systems which do not have an IOMMU. In
this case, the DMA can also be limited by the
host adapters "scatter/gather" list con‐
straints.
The "dma-max-arch" capability can not be set.
It is implemented with this command and does
not rely on a tran_getcap(9E) response from the
HBA.
msg-out
Message out capability that is supported by the
host adapter: 0 disables, 1 enables.
disconnect
Disconnect capability that is supported by the
host adapter: 0 disables, 1 enables.
synchronous
Synchronous data transfer capability that is
supported by the host adapter: 0 disables, 1
enables.
wide-xfer
Wide transfer capability that is supported by
the host adapter: 0 disables, 1 enables.
parity
Parity checking capability that is supported by
host adapter: 0 disables, 1 enables.
initiator-id
Host bus address that is returned.
untagged-qing
Host adapter capability that supports internal
queueing of commands without tagged queueing: 0
disables, 1 enables.
tagged-qing
Host adapter capability that supports queuing:
0 disables, 1 enables.
auto-rqsense
Host adapter capability that supports auto
request sense on check conditions: 0 disables,
1 enables.
sector-size
Capability that is set by the target driver to
inform the HBA of the granularity, in bytes, of
the DMA breakup. The HBA DMA limit structure is
set to reflect the byte total of this setting.
See ddi_dma_lim_sparc(9S) or
ddi_dma_lim_x86(9S). The sector-size should be
set to the size of the physical disk sector.
The capability defaults to 512 bytes.
total-sectors
Capability that is set by the target driver to
inform the HBA of the total number of sectors
on the device returned by the SCSI get capacity
command. This capability must be set before the
target driver ``gets'' the geometry capability.
geometry
Capability that returns the HBA geometry of a
target disk. The target driver sets the total-
sectors capability before ``getting'' the geom‐
etry capability. The geometry is returned as a
32-bit value. The upper 16 bits represent the
number of heads per cylinder. The lower 16 bits
represent the number of sectors per track. The
geometry capability cannot be ``set''.
If geometry is not relevant or appropriate for
the target disk, scsi_ifgetcap() can return -1
to indicate that the geometry is not defined.
For example, if the HBA BIOS supports Logical
Block Addressing for the target disk,
scsi_ifgetcap() returns -1. Attempts to
retreive the "virtual geometry" from the target
driver, such as the DKIOCG_VIRTGEOM ioctl, will
fail. See dkio(7I) for more information about
DKIOCG_VIRTGEOM.
reset-notification
Host adapter capability that supports bus reset
notification: 0 disables, 1 enables. See
scsi_reset_notify(9F).
linked-cmds
Host adapter capability that supports linked
commands: 0 disables, 1 enables.
qfull-retries
Capability that enables or disables QUEUE FULL
handling. If 0, the HBA will not retry a com‐
mand when a QUEUE FULL status is returned. If
the value is greater than 0, the HBA driver
retries the command a specified number of times
at an interval determined by the qfull-retry-
interval. The range for qfull-retries is 0-255.
qfull-retry-interval
Capability that sets the retry interval in mil‐
liseconds (ms) for commands completed with a
QUEUE FULL status. The range for qfull-retry-
intervals is 0-1000 ms.
lun-reset
Capability that is created with a value of zero
by HBA drivers that support the RESET_LUN flag
in the tran_reset(9E) function. If it exists,
the lun-reset value can be set to 1 by target
drivers to allow the use of LOGICAL UNIT RESET
on a specific target instance. If lun-reset
does not exist or has a value of zero,
scsi_reset(9F) is prevented from passing the
RESET_LUN flag to tran_reset() function of the
HBA driver. If lun-reset exists and has a value
of 1, the tran_reset() function of the HBA
driver can be called with the RESET_LUN flag.
interconnect-type
Capability held in the tran_interconnect_type
element of struct scsi_hba_tran that indicates
the HBA transport interconnect type . The
integer value of the interconnect type of the
transport is defined in the services.h header
file.
max-cdb-length
Host adapter capability of the maximum sup‐
ported CDB (Command Descriptor Block) length.
The target driver asks for the capability at
attach time. If the HBA driver supports the
capability, the maximum length of the CDB is
returned in bytes. The target driver can then
use that value to determine which CDB is used
for the HBA.
If the HBA driver does not support the max-cdb-
length capability, the default value of the
target driver is used for the CDB determina‐
tion.
RETURN VALUES
The scsi_ifsetcap() function returns:
1
If the capability was successfully set to the new value.
0
If the capability is not variable.
−1
If the capability was not defined, or setting the capability
to a new value failed.
The scsi_ifgetcap() function returns the current value of a capability,
or:
−1
If the capability was not defined.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Using scsi_ifgetcap()
if (scsi_ifgetcap(&sd->sd_address, "auto-rqsense", 1) == 1) {
un->un_arq_enabled = 1;
} else {
un->un_arq_enabled =
((scsi_ifsetcap(&sd->sd_address, "auto-rqsense", 1, 1) == 1) ?
1 : 0);
}
if (scsi_ifsetcap(&devp->sd_address, "tagged-qing", 1, 1) == 1) {
un->un_dp->options |= SD_QUEUEING;
un->un_throttle = MAX_THROTTLE;
} else if (scsi_ifgetcap(&devp->sd_address, "untagged-qing", 0) == 1) {
un->un_dp->options |= SD_QUEUEING;
un->un_throttle = 3;
} else {
un->un_dp->options &= ~SD_QUEUEING;
un->un_throttle = 1;
}
CONTEXT
These functions can be called from user, interrupt, or kernel context.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Committed │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
SEE ALSOtran_reset(9E), scsi_hba_lookup_capstr(9F), scsi_reset(9F),
scsi_reset_notify(9F), ddi_dma_lim_sparc(9S), ddi_dma_lim_x86(9S),
scsi_address(9S), scsi_arq_status(9S)
Writing Device Drivers
Oct 16, 2007 SCSI_IFGETCAP(9F)