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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt10
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss
index f5bb0a3bb8c..53d99edd1d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss
@@ -71,3 +71,10 @@ Description: Value of 1 indicates the controller can honor the reset_devices
a dump device, as kdump requires resetting the device in order
to work reliably.
+Where: /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/transport_mode
+Date: July 2011
+Kernel Version: 3.0
+Contact: iss_storagedev@hp.com
+Description: Value of "simple" indicates that the controller has been placed
+ in "simple mode". Value of "performant" indicates that the
+ controller has been placed in "performant mode".
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
index c00c6a5ab21..71464e09ec1 100644
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ The device naming scheme is:
/dev/cciss/c1d1p2 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2
/dev/cciss/c1d1p3 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3
+CCISS simple mode support
+-------------------------
+
+The "cciss_simple_mode=1" boot parameter may be used to prevent the driver
+from putting the controller into "performant" mode. The difference is that
+with simple mode, each command completion requires an interrupt, while with
+"performant mode" (the default, and ordinarily better performing) it is
+possible to have multiple command completions indicated by a single
+interrupt.
+
SCSI tape drive and medium changer support
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