STG(4)

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✨ STG(4) ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about stg — the driver for Future Domain based SCSI controllers 💖 (that's the Kernel Interfaces Manual section of the man pages, iykyk, section 4 is where all the device driver lore lives 🦋)

🌸 NAME 🌸

stg — the driver for Future Domain based SCSI controllers. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

so like, you wanna get this driver INTO your kernel? bestie, you got two options and both are valid 💅

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device scbus
device stg

For one or more ISA cards:
device isa

In /boot/device.hints:
hint.stg.0.at="isa"

For one or more PCI cards:
device pci

✨ Alternatively ✨, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

stg_load="YES"

and honestly? module life is the low-effort high-reward route, no cap 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

The stg driver provides support for ISA, PCCARD and PCI controllers based on Future Domain SCSI controller chips including the TMC-16C30, 16C50 and 32C60. it's giving vintage-hardware-appreciation, it's giving retro-tech-main-character-energy, and I am obsessed 🌈💖

🔥 HARDWARE 🔥

the controllers supported by the stg driver include, and yes, we're listing every single one because each of them deserves their moment:

  • Adaptec 2920/A
  • Future Domain SCSI2GO
  • Future Domain TMC-18XX/3260
  • IBM SCSI PCMCIA Card
  • ICM PSC-2401 SCSI
  • MELCO IFC-SC
  • RATOC REX-5536, REX-5536AM, REX-5536M, REX-9836A
⚠️ note that the Adaptec 2920C is supported by the ahc(4) driver. not this one!! don't come for stg with a 2920C bestie, it's a different girl entirely 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read them, they're all icons in their own right ✨

📜 HISTORY 📜

The stg device driver has been developed for NetBSD/pc98 and ported for FreeBSD. It first appeared in FreeBSD 2.2 with PAO and merged in FreeBSD 4.2. a whole glow-up arc fr fr 😭💖

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

The stg driver was written by Naofumi HONDA. thank you for your service king 👑🌸

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one's coming to you from Debian, dated August 8, 2004 — yeah she's been around a minute, but she's still slaying 💅✨ 🎀

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