Update ciss(4) man page. We absolutely support performant mode of operation

on this controller.  Indicate that the 5300 is the *only* controller that
will only work in simple mode.

Bus rescans should not be needed now and I consider it a bug if disks do
not appear or dissapear when created or destroyed.

Obtained from:	Yahoo! Inc
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Sean Bruno 2013-04-10 23:37:15 +00:00
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@ -62,14 +62,11 @@ control protocol from earlier Compaq adapter families.
.Pp
Currently
.Nm
only supports the
supports the
.Dq simple
transport layer over PCI.
This interface (ab)uses the I2O register set (specifically the post
queues) to exchange commands with the adapter.
Other interfaces are available, but we are not supposed to know about them,
and it is dubious whether they would provide major performance improvements
except under extreme load.
and
.Dq performant
transport layer.
.Pp
Non-disk devices (such as internal DATs and devices
attached to the external SCSI bus) are supported as normal CAM devices
@ -82,8 +79,8 @@ Direct Access devices (such as disk
drives) are only exposed as
.Xr pass 4
devices.
Hot-insertion and removal of devices is supported but a bus
rescan might be necessary.
Hot-insertion and removal of devices is supported and notification messages
will be reported to the console and logs.
.Pp
The problem which adapter freezes with the message
.Dq ADAPTER HEARTBEAT FAILED
@ -97,7 +94,7 @@ driver include:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Compaq Smart Array 5300
Compaq Smart Array 5300 (simple mode only)
.It
Compaq Smart Array 532
.It