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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-01-04 11:52:27 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-01-04 11:52:27 +0000
commit908234385ad471acffa28a45f2e28ba0854c16bd (patch)
tree68e268f39014b1807f08b1bea3a4f79a769f9303 /share
parent01802a6256e447472e4e2336cd937971f9109447 (diff)
tweaks;
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/twe.419
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/twe.4 b/share/man/man4/twe.4
index 9440a22b88b..22366c07a63 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/twe.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/twe.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: twe.4,v 1.19 2004/09/30 19:59:25 mickey Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: twe.4,v 1.20 2005/01/04 11:52:26 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Michael Shalayeff, 2000. Public Domain.
.\"
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-driver provides support for Escalade family of RAID controllers,
+driver provides support for the Escalade family of RAID controllers,
including the
-.Tn 3W-5x00 and
+.Tn 3W-5x00
+and
.Tn 3W-6x00
models.
.Pp
-These controllers support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD
+These controllers support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD
configurations.
-All the RAID set volume management is done via the card BIOS.
+All the RAID set volume management is done via the card's BIOS.
.Pp
Even though the card uses IDE drives, this driver makes drives
and/or RAID sets appear as
@@ -57,11 +58,11 @@ cards in the lowest numbered slot before other SCSI or RAID disk controllers.
The current 3ware firmware is known to fail if a redundant configuration
is selected (RAID1 or RAID10) and the array is heavily used
(e.g. installation) before the controller has finished initializing the array.
-In this case, create the array, boot the installation media and
+In this case, create the array, boot the installation media, and
leave the array idle until all controller activity has ceased.
.Pp
-None of the volumes management or monitoring functions, provided by the
-card's firmware, is supported due to the fact that information
+None of the volume management or monitoring functions provided by the
+card's firmware are supported due to the fact that information
on these functions is not public.
.Pp
-Only 3W-5400 was tested, but others should work.
+Only the 3W-5400 has been tested, but others should work.