ioctl(D2sdi)
ioctl --
send Host Bus Adapter pass-through commands
Synopsis
See
ioctl(D2)
for synopsis
and general usage information
about this entry point.
Description
ioctl(D2sdi)
is used for pass-through access with
(HBAs).
After pass-through access has been established
with the HBA device through
open(D2sdi),
the HBA pass-through
ioctl(D2sdi)
routine is used to send
commands to the device.
Usage
At minimum, ioctl should understand the following command types:
B_GETTYPE-
get the HBA driver type information
HA_VER-
get the HBA driver version number
SDI_BRESET-
reset the SCSI bus or the controller
SDI_SEND-
send the SCSI command, supplied in arg,
to the requested device
Context and synchronization
User
context.
The driver can block and can do operations such as
copyout(D3)
that require access to
the requesting process's user-level address space.
Applicable hardware
All
Version applicability
sdi:
1, 2, 3, 4
HBA drivers.
See Also
close(D2sdi),
ioctl(D2),
open(D2sdi)
``SDI pass-through interface'' in HDK Technical Reference
19 June 2005
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OpenServer 6 and UnixWare (SVR5) HDK - June 2005