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17.Dd March 13, 2022
18.Dt USCSI 4I
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm uscsi
22.Nd user SCSI command interface
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.In sys/scsi/impl/uscsi.h
25.Fo ioctl
26.Fa "int filedes"
27.Fa "int request"
28.Fa "struct uscsi_cmd *cmd"
29.Fc
30.Sh DESCRIPTION
31The
32.Nm
33command is very powerful and somewhat dangerous; therefore it
34has some permission restrictions.
35See
36.Sx WARNINGS
37for more details.
38.Pp
39Drivers supporting this
40.Xr ioctl 2
41provide a general interface allowing user-level applications to cause individual
42.Sy SCSI
43commands to be directed to a particular
44.Sy SCSI
45or
46.Sy ATAPI
47device under control of that driver.
48The
49.Nm
50command is supported by the
51.Xr sd 4D
52driver for
53.Sy SCSI
54disks and
55.Sy ATAPI
56CD-ROM drives, and by the
57.Xr st 4D
58driver for
59.Sy SCSI
60tape drives.
61.Nm
62may also be supported by other device drivers; see the
63specific device driver manual page for complete information.
64.Pp
65Applications must not assume that all Solaris disk device drivers support the
66.Nm
67ioctl command.
68The
69.Sy SCSI
70command may include a data transfer
71to or from that device, if appropriate for that command.
72Upon completion of the command, the user application can determine how many
73bytes were transferred and the status returned by the device.
74Also, optionally, if the command returns a
75Check Condition status, the driver will automatically issue a Request Sense
76command and return the sense data along with the original status.
77See the
78.Sy USCSI_RQENABLE
79flag below for this Request Sense processing.
80The
81.Vt uscsi_cmd
82structure is defined in
83.In sys/scsi/impl/uscsi.h
84and includes the following members:
85.Bd -literal -offset 2n
86int uscsi_flags;              /* read, write, etc. see below */
87short uscsi_status;           /* resulting status */
88short uscsi_timeout;          /* Command Timeout */
89caddr_t uscsi_cdb             /* CDB to send to target */
90caddr_t uscsi_bufaddr;        /* i/o source/destination */
91size_t uscsi_buflen;          /* size of i/o to take place*/
92size_t uscsi_resid;           /* resid from i/o operation */
93uchar_t uscsi_cdblen;         /* # of valid CDB bytes */
94uchar_t uscsi_rqlen;          /* size of uscsi_rqbuf */
95uchar_t uscsi_rqstatus;       /* status of request sense cmd */
96uchar_t uscsi_rqresid;        /* resid of request sense cmd */
97caddr_t uscsi_rqbuf;          /* request sense buffer */
98void *uscsi_reserved_5;       /* Reserved for future use */
99.Ed
100.Pp
101The fields of the
102.Vt uscsi_cmd
103structure have the following meanings:
104.Bl -tag -width uscsi_reserved_5
105.It Sy uscsi_flags
106The
107.Sy I/O
108direction and other details of how to carry out the
109.Sy SCSI
110command.
111Possible values are described below.
112.It Fa uscsi_status
113The
114.Sy SCSI
115status byte returned by the device is returned in this field.
116.It Fa uscsi_timeout
117Time in seconds to allow for completion of the command.
118.It Fa uscsi_cdb
119A pointer to the
120.Sy SCSI
121CDB (command descriptor block) to be transferred to the device in command phase.
122.It Fa uscsi_bufaddr
123The user buffer containing the data to be read from or written to the device.
124.It Sy uscsi_buflen
125The length of
126.Fa uscsi_bufaddr .
127.It Fa uscsi_resid
128If a data transfer terminates without transferring the entire requested amount,
129the remainder, or residue, is returned in this field.
130.It Fa uscsi_cdblen
131The length of the
132.Sy SCSI
133CDB to be transferred to the device in command phase.
134.It Fa uscsi_rqlen
135The length of
136.Fa uscsi_rqbuf ,
137the application's Request Sense buffer.
138.It Fa uscsi_rqstatus
139The
140.Sy SCSI
141status byte returned for the Request Sense command executed
142automatically by the driver in response to a Check Condition status return.
143.It Fa uscsi_rqresid
144The residue, or untransferred data length, of the Request Sense data transfer
145(the number of bytes, less than or equal to
146.Fa uscsi_rqlen ,
147which were not filled with sense data).
148.It Fa uscsi_rqbuf
149Points to a buffer in application address space to which the results of an
150automatic Request Sense command are written.
151.It Fa uscsi_reserved_5
152Reserved for future use.
153.El
154.Pp
155The
156.Fa uscsi_flags
157field defines the following:
158.Bd -literal -offset 2n
159USCSI_WRITE                   /* send data to device */
160USCSI_SILENT                  /* no error messages */
161USCSI_DIAGNOSE                /* fail if any error occurs */
162USCSI_ISOLATE                 /* isolate from normal commands */
163USCSI_READ                    /* get data from device */
164USCSI_ASYNC                   /* set bus to asynchronous mode */
165USCSI_SYNC                    /* return bus to sync mode if possible */
166USCSI_RESET                   /* reset target */
167USCSI_RESET_TARGET            /* reset target */
168USCSI_RESET_LUN               /* reset logical unit */
169USCSI_RESET_ALL               /* reset all targets */
170USCSI_RQENABLE                /* enable request sense extensions */
171USCSI_RENEGOT                 /* renegotiate wide/sync on next I/O */
172.Ed
173.Pp
174The
175.Fa uscsi_flags
176bits have the following interpretation:
177.Bl -tag -width USCSI_RESET_TARGET
178.It Dv USCSI_WRITE
179Data will be written from the initiator to the target.
180.It Dv USCSI_SILENT
181The driver should not print any console error messages or warnings regarding
182failures associated with this
183.Sy SCSI
184command.
185.It Dv USCSI_DIAGNOSE
186The driver should not attempt any retries or other recovery mechanisms if this
187.Sy SCSI
188command terminates abnormally in any way.
189.It Dv USCSI_ISOLATE
190This
191.Sy SCSI
192command should not be executed with other commands.
193.It Dv USCSI_READ
194Data will be read from the target to the initiator.
195.It Dv USCSI_ASYNC
196Set the
197.Sy SCSI
198bus to asynchronous mode before running this command.
199.It Dv USCSI_SYNC
200Set the
201.Sy SCSI
202bus to synchronous mode before running this command.
203.It Dv USCSI_RESET
204Send a
205.Sy SCSI
206bus device reset message to this target.
207.It Dv USCSI_RESET_TARGET
208Same as USCSI_RESET.
209Use this flag to request TARGET RESET.
210.Po
211.Dv USCSI_RESET
212is maintained only for compatibility with old applications
213.Pc .
214.It Dv USCSI_RESET_LUN
215Send a
216.Sy SCSI
217logical unit reset message to this target.
218.It Dv USCSI_RESET_ALL
219.Dv USCSI_RESET_ALL ,
220.Dv USCSI_RESET/USCSI_RESET_TARGET ,
221and
222.Dv USCSI_RESET_LUN
223are
224mutually exclusive options and issuing them in any simultaneous combination
225will result in implementation-dependent behavior
226When a USCSI reset request is combined with other
227.Sy SCSI
228commands, the following semantics take effect:
229If the
230.Dv USCSI RESET
231flag is specified, the other fields (other than
232.Fa uscsi_flags )
233in the
234.Vt uscsi_cmd
235are ignored.
236The
237.Fa uscsi_cdblen
238field
239.Em must
240be set to zero.
241.It Dv USCSI_RQENABLE
242Enable Request Sense extensions.
243If the user application is prepared to receive
244sense data, this bit must be set, the fields
245.Fa uscsi_rqbuf
246and
247.Fa uscsi_rqbuflen
248must be non-zero, and the
249.Fa uscsi_rqbuf
250must point to memory writable by the application.
251.It Dv USCSI_RENEGOT
252Tells USCSI to renegotiate wide mode and synchronous transfer speed before the
253transmitted SCSI command is executed.
254This flag in effect tells the target driver to pass the
255.Dv FLAG_RENEGOTIATE_WIDE_SYNC
256flag in the SCSI packet
257before passing the command to an adapter driver for transport.
258See the
259.Xr scsi_pkt 9S
260flag
261.Dv FLAG_RENEGOTIATE_WIDE_SYNC
262for more information.
263.El
264.Pp
265The
266.Vt uscsi_xfer_t
267is a type definition that corresponds to a 64-bit unsigned integer.
268It should be used for the
269.Dv USCSIMAXXFER
270ioctls.
271This is
272used for determining the maximum transfer size that can be performed in a single
273.Dv USCSICMD
274ioctl.
275If the SCSI request is larger than the specified size,
276then it may not work, depending on the hardware platform.
277.Sh IOCTLS
278The
279.Fn ioctl
280supported by drivers providing the
281.Nm
282interface is:
283.Bl -tag -width USCSIMAXXFER
284.It Dv USCSICMD
285The argument is a pointer to a
286.Vt uscsi_cmd
287structure.
288The
289.Sy SCSI
290device addressed by that driver is selected, and given the
291.Sy SCSI
292command addressed by
293.Fa uscsi_cdb .
294If this command requires a data phase, the
295.Fa uscsi_buflen
296and
297.Fa uscsi_bufaddr
298fields must be set appropriately; if data phase occurs, the
299.Fa uscsi_resid
300is returned as the number of bytes not transferred.
301The status of the command, as returned by the device, is returned in the
302.Fa uscsi_status
303field.
304If the command terminates with Check Condition
305status, and Request Sense is enabled, the sense data itself is returned in
306.Fa uscsi_rqbuf .
307The
308.Fa uscsi_rqresid
309provides the residue of the Request Sense data transfer.
310.It Dv USCSIMAXXFER
311The argument is a pointer to a
312.Vt uscsi_xfer_t
313value.
314The maximum transfer size that can be used with the
315.Dv USCSICMD
316ioctl for the current device will be returned in the
317.Vt uscsi_xfer_t .
318.Pp
319Not all devices which support the
320.Dv USCSICMD
321ioctl also support the
322.Dv USCSIMAXXFER
323ioctl.
324.El
325.Sh ERRORS
326.Bl -tag -width EINVAL
327.It Er EINVAL
328A parameter has an incorrect, or unsupported, value.
329.It Er EIO
330An error occurred during the execution of the command.
331.It Er EPERM
332A process without root credentials tried to execute the
333.Dv USCSICMD
334or
335.Dv USCSIMAXXFER
336ioctl.
337.It Er EFAULT
338The
339.Vt uscsi_cmd
340itself, the
341.Fa uscsi_cdb ,
342the
343.Fa uscsi_buf ,
344the
345.Fa uscsi_rqbuf ,
346or the
347.Vt uscsi_xfer_t
348point to an invalid address.
349.El
350.Sh STABILITY
351Committed
352.Sh SEE ALSO
353.Xr ioctl 2 ,
354.Xr sd 4D ,
355.Xr st 4D ,
356.Xr attributes 7
357.Rs
358.%T ANSI Small Computer System Interface-2 (SCSI-2)
359.Re
360.Sh WARNINGS
361The
362.Nm
363command is very powerful, but somewhat dangerous, and so its
364use is restricted to processes running as root, regardless of the file
365permissions on the device node.
366The device driver code expects to own the device state, and
367.Nm
368commands can change the state of the device and confuse the device driver.
369It is best to use
370.Nm
371commands only with no side effects, and avoid commands such as Mode Select, as
372they may cause damage to data stored on the drive or system panics.
373Also, as the commands are not checked in any way by the device driver, any block
374may be overwritten, and the block numbers are absolute block numbers on the
375drive regardless of which slice number is used to send the command.
376.Pp
377The
378.Nm
379interface is not recommended for very large data transfers
380(typically more than 16MB).
381If the requested transfer size exceeds the maximum transfer size of the DMA
382engine, it will not be broken up into multiple transfers and DMA errors may
383result.
384The
385.Dv USCSIMAXXFER
386ioctl can be used to determine the maximum transfer size.
387.Pp
388The
389.Dv USCSICMD
390ioctl associates a
391.Vt struct uscsi_cmd
392with a device by using an open file descriptor to the device.
393Other APIs might provide the same
394.Vt struct uscsi_cmd
395programming interface, but perform device association in some other manner.
396