x86, documentation: nmi_watchdog=2 works on x86_64

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / Documentation / cciss.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/cciss.txt b/Documentation/cciss.txt
index 15378422fc46562132b5748c63308c1ecd78b94e..e65736c6b8bc890448c81de9ade727cee9f43ca4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/cciss.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cciss.txt
@@ -20,15 +20,23 @@ This driver is known to work with the following cards:
        * SA P400i
        * SA E200
        * SA E200i
+       * SA E500
 
-If nodes are not already created in the /dev/cciss directory, run as root:
+Detecting drive failures:
+-------------------------
 
-# cd /dev
-# ./MAKEDEV cciss
+To get the status of logical volumes and to detect physical drive
+failures, you can use the cciss_vol_status program found here:
+http://cciss.sourceforge.net/#cciss_utils
 
 Device Naming:
 --------------
 
+If nodes are not already created in the /dev/cciss directory, run as root:
+
+# cd /dev
+# ./MAKEDEV cciss
+
 You need some entries in /dev for the cciss device.  The MAKEDEV script
 can make device nodes for you automatically.  Currently the device setup
 is as follows:
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ the /proc filesystem entry which the "block" side of the driver creates as
 the SCSI core may not yet be initialized (because the driver is a block 
 driver) and attempting to register it with the SCSI core in such a case 
 would cause a hang.  This is best done via an initialization script 
-(typically in /etc/init.d, but could vary depending on distibution). 
+(typically in /etc/init.d, but could vary depending on distribution). 
 For example:
 
        for x in /proc/driver/cciss/cciss[0-9]*
@@ -151,7 +159,7 @@ side during the SCSI error recovery process, the cciss driver only
 implements the first two of these actions, aborting the command, and
 resetting the device.  Additionally, most tape drives will not oblige 
 in aborting commands, and sometimes it appears they will not even 
-obey a reset coommand, though in most circumstances they will.  In
+obey a reset command, though in most circumstances they will.  In
 the case that the command cannot be aborted and the device cannot be 
 reset, the device will be set offline.