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28.Dd December 26, 2020
29.Dt ESP 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm esp
33.Nd Emulex ESP, NCR 53C9x and QLogic FAS families based SCSI controllers
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
36kernel configuration file:
37.Bd -ragged -offset indent
38.Cd "device scbus"
39.Cd "device esp"
40.Ed
41.Pp
42Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
43following line in
44.Xr loader.conf 5 :
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46if_esp_load="YES"
47.Ed
48.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
49The
50.Nm
51driver is not present in
52.Fx 14.0 .
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56driver provides support for the
57.Tn AMD
58Am53C974, the
59.Tn Emulex
60ESP100, ESP100A, ESP200 and ESP406, the
61.Tn NCR
6253C90, 53C94 and 53C96 as well as the
63.Tn QLogic
64FAS100A, FAS216, FAS366 and FAS408
65.Tn SCSI
66controller chips found in a wide variety of systems and peripheral boards.
67.Sh HARDWARE
68Controllers supported by the
69.Nm
70driver include:
71.Pp
72.Bl -bullet -compact
73.It
74Tekram DC390
75.It
76Tekram DC390T
77.El
78.Sh SEE ALSO
79.Xr cd 4 ,
80.Xr ch 4 ,
81.Xr da 4 ,
82.Xr intro 4 ,
83.Xr pci 4 ,
84.Xr sa 4 ,
85.Xr scsi 4 ,
86.Xr camcontrol 8
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Nm
90driver first appeared in
91.Nx 1.3 .
92The first
93.Fx
94version to include it was
95.Fx 5.3 .
96.Sh AUTHORS
97.An -nosplit
98The
99.Nm
100driver was ported to
101.Fx
102by
103.An Scott Long Aq Mt [email protected]
104and later on considerably improved by
105.An Marius Strobl Aq Mt [email protected] .
106.Sh BUGS
107The
108.Nm
109driver should read the EEPROM settings of
110.Tn Tekram
111controllers.
112