wrsmd(7D) Devices wrsmd(7D)NAME
wrsmd - WCI Remote Shared Memory (WRSM) DLPI driver
SYNOPSIS
wrsmd
DESCRIPTION
The wrsmd device driver is a pseudo driver that presents a type II DLPI interface. The driver uses a Sun proprietary interface over the
wrsm driver to provide IP-based communication over the WCI network.
Before using DLPI over a WCI network, you must first configure the wrsm controller on that network. See wrsmconf(1M) for more information.
Each wrsmd device is associated with a wrsm controller with a matching id.
FILES
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/wrsmd
ELF kernel module
SEE ALSO wrsmconf(1M), wrsm(7D)
Writing Device Drivers
SunOS 5.10 17 Jan 2001 wrsmd(7D)
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wrsm(7D) Devices wrsm(7D)NAME
wrsm - WCI Remote Shared Memory (WRSM) device driver
SYNOPSIS
wci@<slot>,0:wrsm
wrsm@<instance>:ctrl
wrsm@ffff,0:admin
DESCRIPTION
The wrsm driver is a nexus driver that manages Sun Fire Link devices and wrsm controllers.
A WCI device on a Sun Fire Link board is attached directly to the host system bus and provides clustering communication between Solaris
instances that are memory transaction-based. The WCI acts as a memory controller on the system backplane. The wrsm driver programs regis-
ters on the WCI to accept network read/write requests on certain exported cluster addresses from incoming links. The registers translate
the requests into local read/write bus transactions that use local physical memory ranges that you specify. The driver programs additional
WCI registers to forward local system backplane read/write transactions within a particular physical address range to a remote WCI. A WCI
device in the format wci@slot,0:wrsm appears in the device tree.
A wrsm controller is a pseudo device that manages a set of WCIs. A device entry in the format wrsm@<instance>:ctrl appears in the device
tree. A wrsm controller presents a Sun proprietary protocol to clients, enabling them to set up the network and to communicate through the
WCIs. To configure a wrsm controller, you download a configuration into the driver using the wrsmconf(1M) command or through other external
WCI network management software. Status information on each WCI and wrsm controller is available by using the wrsmstat(1M) command.
The wrsm admin device is used internally by the driver to manage the I/O addresses associated with remote memory. A device entry in the
format wrsm@ffff,0:admin appears in the device tree
FILES
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/wrsm
ELF kernel module
SEE ALSO wrsmconf(1M), wrsmstat(1M)
Writing Device Drivers
DIAGNOSTICS
The messages described below may appear on the system console as well as being logged. These messages generally include the string wrsm%d,
where %d is the instance number of the wrsm device. The message context indicates whether the device is a WCI or a wrsm controller. Some
messages include the string wci %a, where %a is the bus slot of the WCI device.
wrsm%d: unable to map register set %d
Driver was unable to map device registers; check for bad hardware. Driver did not attach device, device will be inaccessible.
wrsm_detach:cf_remove_controller failed for wrsm%d
Driver did not detach device; device is inaccessible.
wrsm_detach:cf_remove_wci failed for wrsm%d
Driver did not detach device. This WCI is the last WCI in wrsm controller.
register_controller of wrsm%d failed with error %d
The wrsm controller could not register with the Sun proprietary protocol framework. Communication is not possible through this con-
troller.
wrsm%d, wci %a, SRAM CE ERROR, at address: 0x%x, syndrome:0x%x
There was a correctable error in the WCI's SRAM. This indicates that the memory on this WCI module should be replaced.
wrsm%d, wci %a, SRAM UE ERROR, at address: 0x%x, syndrome:0x%x
There was an uncorrectable error in the WCI's SRAM. This indicates that the memory on this WCI module should be replaced. In addition,
attempts to access local memory from remote nodes may fail.
SunOS 5.10 17 Nov 2002 wrsm(7D)