The tran_start(9E) entry point for a SCSI HBA driver is called to transport a SCSI command to the addressed target. The SCSI command is described entirely within the scsi_pkt(9S) structure, which the target driver allocated through the HBA driver's tran_init_pkt(9E) entry point. If the command involves a data transfer, DMA resources must also have been allocated for the scsi_pkt(9S) structure.
The tran_start() entry point is called when a target driver calls scsi_transport(9F).
tran_start() should perform basic error checking along with any initialization that is required by the command. The FLAG_NOINTR flag in the pkt_flags field of the scsi_pkt(9S) structure can affect the behavior of tran_start(). If FLAG_NOINTR is not set, tran_start() must queue the command for execution on the hardware and return immediately. Upon completion of the command, the HBA driver should call the pkt completion routine.
If the FLAG_NOINTR is set, then the HBA driver should not call the pkt completion routine.
The following example demonstrates how to handle the tran_start(9E) entry point. The ISP hardware provides a queue per-target device. For devices that can manage only one active outstanding command, the driver is typically required to manage a per-target queue. The driver then starts up a new command upon completion of the current command in a round-robin fashion.
static int isp_scsi_start( struct scsi_address *ap, struct scsi_pkt *pkt) { struct isp_cmd *sp; struct isp *isp; struct isp_request *req; u_long cur_lbolt; int xfercount; int rval = TRAN_ACCEPT; int i; sp = (struct isp_cmd *)pkt->pkt_ha_private; isp = (struct isp *)ap->a_hba_tran->tran_hba_private; sp->cmd_flags = (sp->cmd_flags & ~CFLAG_TRANFLAG) | CFLAG_IN_TRANSPORT; pkt->pkt_reason = CMD_CMPLT; /* * set up request in cmd_isp_request area so it is ready to * go once we have the request mutex */ req = &sp->cmd_isp_request; req->req_header.cq_entry_type = CQ_TYPE_REQUEST; req->req_header.cq_entry_count = 1; req->req_header.cq_flags = 0; req->req_header.cq_seqno = 0; req->req_reserved = 0; req->req_token = (opaque_t)sp; req->req_target = TGT(sp); req->req_lun_trn = LUN(sp); req->req_time = pkt->pkt_time; ISP_SET_PKT_FLAGS(pkt->pkt_flags, req->req_flags); /* * Set up data segments for dma transfers. */ if (sp->cmd_flags & CFLAG_DMAVALID) { if (sp->cmd_flags & CFLAG_CMDIOPB) { (void) ddi_dma_sync(sp->cmd_dmahandle, sp->cmd_dma_offset, sp->cmd_dma_len, DDI_DMA_SYNC_FORDEV); } ASSERT(sp->cmd_cookiecnt > 0 && sp->cmd_cookiecnt <= ISP_NDATASEGS); xfercount = 0; req->req_seg_count = sp->cmd_cookiecnt; for (i = 0; i < sp->cmd_cookiecnt; i++) { req->req_dataseg[i].d_count = sp->cmd_dmacookies[i].dmac_size; req->req_dataseg[i].d_base = sp->cmd_dmacookies[i].dmac_address; xfercount += sp->cmd_dmacookies[i].dmac_size; } for (; i < ISP_NDATASEGS; i++) { req->req_dataseg[i].d_count = 0; req->req_dataseg[i].d_base = 0; } pkt->pkt_resid = xfercount; if (sp->cmd_flags & CFLAG_DMASEND) { req->req_flags |= ISP_REQ_FLAG_DATA_WRITE; } else { req->req_flags |= ISP_REQ_FLAG_DATA_READ; } } else { req->req_seg_count = 0; req->req_dataseg[0].d_count = 0; } /* * Set up cdb in the request */ req->req_cdblen = sp->cmd_cdblen; bcopy((caddr_t)pkt->pkt_cdbp, (caddr_t)req->req_cdb, sp->cmd_cdblen); /* * Start the cmd. If NO_INTR, must poll for cmd completion. */ if ((pkt->pkt_flags & FLAG_NOINTR) == 0) { mutex_enter(ISP_REQ_MUTEX(isp)); rval = isp_i_start_cmd(isp, sp); mutex_exit(ISP_REQ_MUTEX(isp)); } else { rval = isp_i_polled_cmd_start(isp, sp); } return (rval); }