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| author | Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> | 2011-11-07 12:27:23 -0800 |
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| committer | Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> | 2011-11-07 12:27:23 -0800 |
| commit | d30cc16c8e48368e0518f4975a78711e53e14a0f (patch) | |
| tree | 26b57f7ab5a963cc3d6c57dff6951bd930875583 /Documentation/blockdev | |
| parent | 41eb2d813f558900884e240c2f723e36c7bd151f (diff) | |
| parent | a1bcc1dcef8451b4291ea2a1b2677cb194102952 (diff) | |
| download | linux-d30cc16c8e48368e0518f4975a78711e53e14a0f.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'fixes-modulesplit' into fixes
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt | 10 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt index c00c6a5ab21f..71464e09ec18 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt @@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ The device naming scheme is: /dev/cciss/c1d1p2 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2 /dev/cciss/c1d1p3 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3 +CCISS simple mode support +------------------------- + +The "cciss_simple_mode=1" boot parameter may be used to prevent the driver +from putting the controller into "performant" mode. The difference is that +with simple mode, each command completion requires an interrupt, while with +"performant mode" (the default, and ordinarily better performing) it is +possible to have multiple command completions indicated by a single +interrupt. + SCSI tape drive and medium changer support ------------------------------------------ |