TCDS(4)

💅 TCDS(4) 🎀

okay so bestie, this is a <italic>Kernel Interfaces Manual</italic> page — yes it's giving very "manual name folded in at the top" energy, we love a formal moment ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

tcds — TURBOchannel dual-channel SCSI adapters 💖

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

tcds* at tc? slot ? offset ?

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So the tcds driver is the one that provides support for the DEC TURBOchannel PMAZ-DS, PMAZ-FS, PMAZB-AA and PMAZC-AA dual-channel SCSI adapters 🔥 like, it's literally the whole job. Each channel is driven by the asc(4) driver — notes taken, that's a separate bestie.

Now the tea on the variants 🫖:

• The PMAZ-FS (Alpha onboard only) and PMAZC-AA (option board) give you two Fast Narrow SCSI busses — highkey iconic 👑
• The PMAX-DS (Alpha onboard only) and PMAZB-AA only provide Narrow SCSI 💀 no Fast for them, sad but true

And for the onboard Alpha controllers specifically, one bus is for internal devices and one bus for external devices — the way that's literally so organized, main character energy fr fr 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• asc(4)

and that's the whole page, bestie, no cap 💜 shoutout to the <italic>Debian</italic> crew for this one, dated <italic>February 6, 2002</italic> — vintage, honestly 🎀💅✨