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Date:      Fri, 16 May 2014 16:04:33 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r266254 - stable/9/share/man/man4
Message-ID:  <201405161604.s4GG4XJG026391@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: brueffer
Date: Fri May 16 16:04:32 2014
New Revision: 266254
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/266254

Log:
  MFC: r265583, r265716
  
  First cleanup pass: new sentence -> new line, mdoc, typos and style.
  
  Fix two more typos. (1)
  
  Submitted by:	Trond Endrestol (1)

Modified:
  stable/9/share/man/man4/mrsas.4
Directory Properties:
  stable/9/share/man/man4/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/9/share/man/man4/mrsas.4
==============================================================================
--- stable/9/share/man/man4/mrsas.4	Fri May 16 16:03:26 2014	(r266253)
+++ stable/9/share/man/man4/mrsas.4	Fri May 16 16:04:32 2014	(r266254)
@@ -27,21 +27,19 @@
 .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
 .\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- 
+.\" 
 .\" The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation
 .\" are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing
-.\" official policies,either expressed or implied, of the FreeBSD Project
+.\" official policies, either expressed or implied, of the FreeBSD Project.
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-
- 
-.Dd Apr 12, 2013
+.Dd May 8, 2014
 .Dt MRSAS 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm mrsas
-.Nd "LSI MegaRAID 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s SAS+SATA Raid controller driver"
+.Nd "LSI MegaRAID 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s SAS+SATA RAID controller driver"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 To compile this driver into the kernel,
 place the following lines in your
@@ -68,7 +66,8 @@ section for the supported devices list.
 A disk (virtual disk/physical disk) attached to the 
 .Nm
 driver will be visible to the user through 
-.Xr camcontrol 8 as
+.Xr camcontrol 8
+as
 .Pa /dev/da?
 device nodes.
 A simple management interface is also provided on a per-controller basis via the
@@ -85,7 +84,8 @@ to the 
 .Xr cam 4
 layer and thus requires a new driver which attaches targets to the 
 .Xr cam 4 
-layer. Older MegaRAID controllers are supported by
+layer.
+Older MegaRAID controllers are supported by
 .Xr mfi 4
 and will not work with
 .Nm ,
@@ -97,19 +97,23 @@ drivers can detect and manage the LSI Me
 controllers.
 .Pp
 The
-.Nm device.hints 
+.Xr device.hints 5
 option is provided to tune the
 .Nm
 driver's behavior for LSI MegaRAID SAS 2208/2308/3008/3108 controllers.
 By default, the
 .Xr mfi 4
-driver will detect these controllers. See the 
+driver will detect these controllers.
+See the 
 .Nm PRIORITY 
 section to know more about driver priority for MR-Fusion devices.
 .Pp
 .Nm
-will provide a priority of (-30) (between BUS_PROBE_DEFAULT and
-BUS_PROBE_LOW_PRIORITY) at probe call for device id's 0x005B, 0x005D, and
+will provide a priority of (-30) (between
+.Dv BUS_PROBE_DEFAULT
+and
+.Dv BUS_PROBE_LOW_PRIORITY )
+at probe call for device id's 0x005B, 0x005D, and
 0x005F so that
 .Nm
 does not take control of these devices without user intervention.
@@ -118,8 +122,8 @@ The
 .Nm
 driver supports the following hardware:
 .Pp
+[ Thunderbolt 6Gb/s MR controller ]
 .Bl -bullet -compact
-[ Thunderbolt 6Gbp/s MR controller ]
 .It
 LSI MegaRAID SAS 9265
 .It
@@ -142,8 +146,8 @@ DELL PERC H810
 DELL PERC H710/P
 .El
 .Pp
+[ Invader/Fury 12Gb/s MR controller ]
 .Bl -bullet -compact
-[ Invader/Fury 12Gpb/s MR controller ]
 .It
 LSI MegaRAID SAS 9380
 .It
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ dev.mrsas.X.disable_ocr=1 
 .Pp
 where X is the adapter number.
 .Pp
-To change the IO timeout value for a specific 
+To change the I/O timeout value for a specific 
 .Nm
 driver instance, set the following tunable value in
 .Xr loader.conf 5 :
@@ -190,17 +194,14 @@ dev.mrsas.X.mrsas_fw_fault_check_delay=N
 where NN is the fault check delay value in seconds.
 .Pp
 The current number of active I/O commands is shown in the
-dev.mrsas.X.fw_outstanding
+.Va dev.mrsas.X.fw_outstanding
 .Xr sysctl 8
 variable.
 .Sh DEBUGGING
 To enable debugging prints from the
 .Nm
 driver, set the
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-hw.mrsas.X.debug_level
-.Ed
-.Pp
+.Va hw.mrsas.X.debug_level
 variable, where X is the adapter number, either in
 .Xr loader.conf 5
 or via
@@ -214,16 +215,20 @@ Enable tracing prints.
 .It 0x04
 Enable prints for driver faults.
 .It 0x08
-Enable prints for OCR and IO timeout.
+Enable prints for OCR and I/O timeout.
 .It 0x10
 Enable prints for AEN events.
 .El
 .Sh PRIORITY
 The
 .Nm
-driver will always set a default (-30) priority in the pci subsystem for
-selection of MR-Fusion cards.  (It is between BUS_PROBE_DEFAULT and
-BUS_PROBE_LOW_PRIORITY). MR-Fusion Controllers include all cards with the
+driver will always set a default (-30) priority in the PCI subsystem for
+selection of MR-Fusion cards.
+(It is between
+.Dv BUS_PROBE_DEFAULT
+and
+.Dv BUS_PROBE_LOW_PRIORITY ) .
+MR-Fusion Controllers include all cards with the
 Device IDs -
 0x005B, 
 0x005D,
@@ -231,14 +236,20 @@ Device IDs -
 .Pp
 The
 .Xr mfi 4 
-driver will set a priority of either BUS_PROBE_DEFAULT or
-BUS_PROBE_LOW_PRIORITY (depending on the device.hint setting) in the pci
-subsystem for selection of MR-Fusion cards.  With the above design in place, the
+driver will set a priority of either
+.Dv BUS_PROBE_DEFAULT
+or
+.Dv BUS_PROBE_LOW_PRIORITY
+(depending on the device.hints setting) in the PCI
+subsystem for selection of MR-Fusion cards.
+With the above design in place, the
 .Xr mfi 4
 driver will attach to a MR-Fusion card given that it has a higher priority than
 .Nm .
 .Pp
-Using /boot/device.hints (as mentioned below), the user can provide a preference
+Using
+.Pa /boot/device.hints
+(as mentioned below), the user can provide a preference
 for the
 .Nm
 driver to detect a MR-Fusion card instead of the
@@ -250,9 +261,11 @@ driver. 
 .Pp
 At boot time, the
 .Xr mfi 4 
-driver will get priority to detect MR-Fusion controllers by default.  Before
+driver will get priority to detect MR-Fusion controllers by default.
+Before
 changing this default driver selection policy, LSI advises users to understand
-how the driver selection policy works.  LSI's policy is to provide priority to
+how the driver selection policy works.
+LSI's policy is to provide priority to
 the
 .Xr mfi 4
 driver to detect MR-Fusion cards, but allow for the ability to choose the
@@ -272,11 +285,14 @@ driver and setting hw.mfi.mrsas_enable="
 Changing the default behavior is well tested under most conditions, but
 unexpected behavior may pop up if more complex and unrealistic operations are
 executed by switching between the
-.Xr mfi 4 and 
+.Xr mfi 4
+and 
 .Nm 
 drivers for MR-Fusion.
-Switching drivers is designed to happen only one time.  Although multiple
-switching is possible, it is not recommended.  The user should decide from
+Switching drivers is designed to happen only one time.
+Although multiple
+switching is possible, it is not recommended.
+The user should decide from
 .Nm Start of Day
 which driver they want to use for the MR-Fusion card.
 .Pp
@@ -286,7 +302,8 @@ to 
 .Nm .
 This behavior is
 .Nm Functions As Designed
-and the user needs to change the fstab
+and the user needs to change the
+.Xr fstab 5
 entry manually if they are doing any experiments with 
 .Xr mfi 4 
 and
@@ -294,43 +311,50 @@ and
 interoperability.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/mrsas?" -compact
-.It /dev/da?
+.It Pa /dev/da?
 array/logical disk interface
-.It /dev/mrsas?
+.It Pa /dev/mrsas?
 management interface
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr pci 4 ,
-.Xr mfi 4 ,
 .Xr cam 4 ,
+.Xr mfi 4 ,
+.Xr pci 4 ,
 .Xr device.hints 5 ,
+.Xt camcontrol 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
 driver first appeared in
-.Fx 10.0 .
+.Fx 10.1 .
 .Bd -ragged
 .Cd "mfi Driver:"
 .Xr mfi 4
-is the old FreeBSD driver which started with support for Gen-1 Controllers and
+is the old
+.Fx
+driver which started with support for Gen-1 Controllers and
 was extended to support up to MR-Fusion (Device ID = 0x005B, 0x005D, 0x005F).
 .Ed
 .Bd -ragged
 .Cd "mrsas Driver:"
 .Nm
 is the new driver reworked by LSI which supports Thunderbolt and onward
-products. The SAS+SATA RAID controller with device id 0x005b is referred to as
-the Thunderbolt controller throughout in this man page.
+products.
+The SAS+SATA RAID controller with device id 0x005b is referred to as
+the Thunderbolt controller throughout this man page.
 .Ed 
 .Bd -ragged
 .Nm cam aware HBA drivers:
-FreeBSD has a
+.Fx
+has a
 .Xr cam 4
 layer which attaches storage devices and provides a common access mechanism to
-storage controllers and attached devices.  The
+storage controllers and attached devices.
+The
 .Nm 
 driver is
-.Xr cam 4 aware and devices associated with 
+.Xr cam 4
+aware and devices associated with 
 .Nm 
 can be seen using 
 .Xr camcontrol 8 .
@@ -358,17 +382,22 @@ driver and this manual page were written
 The driver does not support big-endian architectures at this time.
 .Pp
 The driver does not support alias for device name (it is required when the user
-switches between two drivers and does not want to edit /etc/fstab manually).
+switches between two drivers and does not want to edit
+.Pa /etc/fstab
+manually).
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm 
-driver exposes devices as /dev/da?, whereas 
+driver exposes devices as
+.Pa /dev/da? ,
+whereas 
 .Xr mfi 4 
-exposes deivces as /dev/mfid?
+exposes devices as
+.Pa /dev/mfid? .
 .Pp
 .Nm
 does not support the Linux Emulator interface.
 .Pp
 .Nm
 will not work with
-.Xr mfiutil 8
+.Xr mfiutil 8 .



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