git: e3307d05311e - main - mlx.4: Improve specificity for apropos + hw notes
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:32:14 UTC
The branch main has been updated by ziaee:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e3307d05311e8c042e7e7ea2157fc51f50297369
commit e3307d05311e8c042e7e7ea2157fc51f50297369
Author: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-06-02 20:31:14 +0000
Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-06-02 20:31:16 +0000
mlx.4: Improve specificity for apropos + hw notes
+ There are decades of SCSIs, these are Ultra-SCSI
+ Remove generalizations from the end of HARDWARE
+ Tag SPDX
MFC after: 3 days
Reviewed by: mhorne
Approved by: mhorne (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50545
---
share/man/man4/mlx.4 | 17 ++++++-----------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/mlx.4 b/share/man/man4/mlx.4
index 7cb3e9a98c1d..a5443f308088 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/mlx.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/mlx.4
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003 David O'Brien
.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Michael Smith
@@ -23,12 +25,12 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd January 10, 2025
+.Dd May 27, 2025
.Dt MLX 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mlx
-.Nd Mylex DAC-family RAID driver
+.Nd Mylex DAC-family Ultra-SCSI RAID driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
@@ -50,9 +52,9 @@ The
driver provides support for Mylex DAC-family PCI to SCSI RAID controllers,
including versions relabeled by Digital/Compaq.
.Sh HARDWARE
-Controllers supported by the
+The
.Nm
-driver include:
+driver supports the following Ultra-SCSI RAID controllers:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
@@ -79,13 +81,6 @@ Mylex eXtremeRAID 1100 (DAC1164P)
RAIDarray 230 controllers, aka the Ultra-SCSI DEC KZPAC-AA (1-ch, 4MB
cache), KZPAC-CA (3-ch, 4MB), KZPAC-CB (3-ch, 8MB cache)
.El
-.Pp
-All major firmware revisions (2.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x) are supported, however
-it is always advisable to upgrade to the most recent firmware
-available for the controller.
-.Pp
-Compatible Mylex controllers not listed should work, but have not been
-verified.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Ss Controller initialisation phase
.Bl -diag