ADV(4)

💖 adv(4) — the AdvanSys SCSI driver, explained bestie-style 💖

okay so real talk: this is the man page for adv, the ConnectCom Solutions AdvanSys SCSI adapter driver. Yes, that's a mouthful. Yes, we're gonna get through it together. Grab a snack 🍓

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, the whole vibe in four lines:

adv* at pci? dev ? function ?
adv0 at isa? port ? irq ? drq ?
adv* at cardbus? function ?
scsibus* at adv?

that's it. that's the configuration. slay 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the adv driver supports the following AdvanSys SCSI host adapters — and bestie there are so many of them, buckle up 🎀

💜 PCI bus

Connectivity Products:

• ABP920 — Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB)
• ABP930 — Bus-Master PCI (16 CDB) (note 1)
• ABP930U — Bus-Master PCI Ultra (16 CDB)
• ABP930UA — Bus-Master PCI Ultra (16 CDB)
• ABP960 — Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC (16 CDB) (note 2)
• ABP960U — Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra (16 CDB) (note 2)

Notes:

1. This board has been sold by SIIG as the Fast SCSI Pro PCI.
2. This board has been sold by Iomega as a Jaz Jet PCI adapter.

(iykyk — the same card, different little costume 👑)

Single Channel Products:

• ABP940 — Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB)
• ABP940U — Bus-Master PCI Ultra (240 CDB)
• ABP970 — Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC (240 CDB)
• ABP970U — Bus-Master PCI MAC/PC Ultra (240 CDB)
• ABP940UW — Bus-Master PCI Ultra-Wide (240 CDB)

Multi Channel Products:

• ABP950 — Dual Channel Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB Per Channel)
• ABP980 — Four Channel Bus-Master PCI (240 CDB Per Channel)
• ABP980U — Four Channel Bus-Master PCI Ultra (240 CDB Per Channel)

four channels?? main character energy fr fr 🔥

🦋 ISA bus

Connectivity Products:

• ABP510/5150 — Bus-Master ISA (240 CDB) (note 1)
• ABP5140 — Bus-Master ISA (16 CDB) (note 1) (note 2)
• ABP5142 — Bus-Master ISA with floppy (16 CDB) (note 3)

Notes:

1. This board has been shipped by HP with the 4020i CD-R drive. The board has no BIOS so it cannot control a boot device, but it can control any secondary SCSI device. 💀 like it literally can't boot bestie, but it can run your secondary SCSI stuff, so it's still iconic.
2. This board has been sold by SIIG as the i540 SpeedMaster.
3. This board has been sold by SIIG as the i542 SpeedMaster.

Single Channel Products:

• ABP542 — Bus-Master ISA with floppy (240 CDB)
• ABP842 — Bus-Master VL (240 CDB)

Dual Channel Products:

• ABP852 — Dual Channel Bus-Master VL (240 CDB Per Channel)

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read these too, they're the friend group:

cd(4), ch(4), intro(4), isa(4), pci(4), scsi(4), sd(4), st(4)

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

The adv device driver appeared in NetBSD 1.4. a legend from the start, no cap 💅

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

Baldassare Dante Profeta ⟨dante@mclink.it⟩ — thank you for your service king 👑

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 💖✨

this one's from the Debian crew, dated June 4, 1999 — vintage, honestly iconic, we stan a retro manual page 🎀