[SCSI] arcmsr: initial driver, version 1.20.00.13

arcmsr is a driver for the Areca Raid controller, a host based RAID
subsystem that speaks SCSI at the firmware level.

This patch is quite a clean up over the initial submission with
contributions from:

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

Signed-off-by: Erich Chen <erich@areca.com.tw>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>

1 files changed, 574 insertions, 0 deletions

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+*******************************************************************************
+**                            ARECA FIRMWARE SPEC
+*******************************************************************************
+**	Usage of IOP331 adapter
+**	(All In/Out is in IOP331's view)
+**	1. Message 0 --> InitThread message and retrun code
+**	2. Doorbell is used for RS-232 emulation
+**		inDoorBell :    bit0 -- data in ready
+**			(DRIVER DATA WRITE OK)
+**				bit1 -- data out has been read
+**			(DRIVER DATA READ OK)
+**		outDooeBell:    bit0 -- data out ready
+**			(IOP331 DATA WRITE OK)
+**				bit1 -- data in has been read
+**			(IOP331 DATA READ OK)
+**	3. Index Memory Usage
+**	offset 0xf00 : for RS232 out (request buffer)
+**	offset 0xe00 : for RS232 in  (scratch buffer)
+**	offset 0xa00 : for inbound message code message_rwbuffer
+**			(driver send to IOP331)
+**	offset 0xa00 : for outbound message code message_rwbuffer
+**			(IOP331 send to driver)
+**	4. RS-232 emulation
+**		Currently 128 byte buffer is used
+**			1st uint32_t : Data length (1--124)
+**			Byte 4--127  : Max 124 bytes of data
+**	5. PostQ
+**	All SCSI Command must be sent through postQ:
+**	(inbound queue port)	Request frame must be 32 bytes aligned
+**	#bit27--bit31 => flag for post ccb
+**	#bit0--bit26  => real address (bit27--bit31) of post arcmsr_cdb
+**		bit31 :
+**			0 : 256 bytes frame
+**			1 : 512 bytes frame
+**		bit30 :
+**			0 : normal request
+**			1 : BIOS request
+**		bit29 : reserved
+**		bit28 : reserved
+**		bit27 : reserved
+**  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+**	(outbount queue port)	Request reply
+**	#bit27--bit31
+**		=> flag for reply
+**	#bit0--bit26
+**		=> real address (bit27--bit31) of reply arcmsr_cdb
+**			bit31 : must be 0 (for this type of reply)
+**			bit30 : reserved for BIOS handshake
+**			bit29 : reserved
+**			bit28 :
+**			0 : no error, ignore AdapStatus/DevStatus/SenseData
+**			1 : Error, error code in AdapStatus/DevStatus/SenseData
+**			bit27 : reserved
+**	6. BIOS request
+**		All BIOS request is the same with request from PostQ
+**		Except :
+**			Request frame is sent from configuration space
+**		offset: 0x78 : Request Frame (bit30 == 1)
+**		offset: 0x18 : writeonly to generate
+**					IRQ to IOP331
+**		Completion of request:
+**			(bit30 == 0, bit28==err flag)
+**	7. Definition of SGL entry (structure)
+**	8. Message1 Out - Diag Status Code (????)
+**	9. Message0 message code :
+**		0x00 : NOP
+**		0x01 : Get Config
+**		->offset 0xa00 :for outbound message code message_rwbuffer
+**		(IOP331 send to driver)
+**		Signature             0x87974060(4)
+**		Request len           0x00000200(4)
+**		numbers of queue      0x00000100(4)
+**		SDRAM Size            0x00000100(4)-->256 MB
+**		IDE Channels          0x00000008(4)
+**		vendor                40 bytes char
+**		model                  8 bytes char
+**		FirmVer               16 bytes char
+**		Device Map            16 bytes char
+**		FirmwareVersion DWORD <== Added for checking of
+**						new firmware capability
+**		0x02 : Set Config
+**		->offset 0xa00 :for inbound message code message_rwbuffer
+**		(driver send to IOP331)
+**		Signature             0x87974063(4)
+**		UPPER32 of Request Frame  (4)-->Driver Only
+**		0x03 : Reset (Abort all queued Command)
+**		0x04 : Stop Background Activity
+**		0x05 : Flush Cache
+**		0x06 : Start Background Activity
+**			(re-start if background is halted)
+**		0x07 : Check If Host Command Pending
+**			(Novell May Need This Function)
+**		0x08 : Set controller time
+**		->offset 0xa00 : for inbound message code message_rwbuffer
+**		(driver to IOP331)
+**		byte 0 : 0xaa <-- signature
+**		byte 1 : 0x55 <-- signature
+**		byte 2 : year (04)
+**		byte 3 : month (1..12)
+**		byte 4 : date (1..31)
+**		byte 5 : hour (0..23)
+**		byte 6 : minute (0..59)
+**		byte 7 : second (0..59)
+*******************************************************************************
+*******************************************************************************
+**      	RS-232 Interface for Areca Raid Controller
+**      The low level command interface is exclusive with VT100 terminal
+**  --------------------------------------------------------------------
+**      1. Sequence of command execution
+**  --------------------------------------------------------------------
+**    	(A) Header : 3 bytes sequence (0x5E, 0x01, 0x61)
+**    	(B) Command block : variable length of data including length,
+**    		command code, data and checksum byte
+**    	(C) Return data : variable length of data
+**  --------------------------------------------------------------------
+**    2. Command block
+**  --------------------------------------------------------------------
+**    	(A) 1st byte : command block length (low byte)
+**    	(B) 2nd byte : command block length (high byte)
+**                note ..command block length shouldn't > 2040 bytes,
+**    		length excludes these two bytes
+**    	(C) 3rd byte : command code
+**    	(D) 4th and following bytes : variable length data bytes
+**    		depends on command code
+**    	(E) last byte : checksum byte (sum of 1st byte until last data byte)
+**  --------------------------------------------------------------------
+**    3. Command code and associated data
+**  --------------------------------------------------------------------
+**    	The following are command code defined in raid controller Command
+**    	code 0x10--0x1? are used for system level management,
+**    	no password checking is needed and should be implemented in separate
+**    	well controlled utility and not for end user access.
+**    	Command code 0x20--0x?? always check the password,
+**    	password must be entered to enable these command.
+**    	enum
+**    	{
+**    		GUI_SET_SERIAL=0x10,
+**    		GUI_SET_VENDOR,
+**    		GUI_SET_MODEL,
+**    		GUI_IDENTIFY,
+**    		GUI_CHECK_PASSWORD,
+**    		GUI_LOGOUT,
+**    		GUI_HTTP,
+**    		GUI_SET_ETHERNET_ADDR,
+**    		GUI_SET_LOGO,
+**    		GUI_POLL_EVENT,
+**    		GUI_GET_EVENT,
+**    		GUI_GET_HW_MONITOR,
+**    		//    GUI_QUICK_CREATE=0x20, (function removed)
+**    		GUI_GET_INFO_R=0x20,
+**    		GUI_GET_INFO_V,
+**    		GUI_GET_INFO_P,
+**    		GUI_GET_INFO_S,
+**    		GUI_CLEAR_EVENT,
+**    		GUI_MUTE_BEEPER=0x30,
+**    		GUI_BEEPER_SETTING,
+**    		GUI_SET_PASSWORD,
+**    		GUI_HOST_INTERFACE_MODE,
+**    		GUI_REBUILD_PRIORITY,
+**    		GUI_MAX_ATA_MODE,
+**    		GUI_RESET_CONTROLLER,
+**    		GUI_COM_PORT_SETTING,
+**    		GUI_NO_OPERATION,
+**    		GUI_DHCP_IP,
+**    		GUI_CREATE_PASS_THROUGH=0x40,
+**    		GUI_MODIFY_PASS_THROUGH,
+**    		GUI_DELETE_PASS_THROUGH,
+**    		GUI_IDENTIFY_DEVICE,
+**    		GUI_CREATE_RAIDSET=0x50,
+**    		GUI_DELETE_RAIDSET,
+**    		GUI_EXPAND_RAIDSET,
+**    		GUI_ACTIVATE_RAIDSET,
+**    		GUI_CREATE_HOT_SPARE,
+**    		GUI_DELETE_HOT_SPARE,
+**    		GUI_CREATE_VOLUME=0x60,
+**    		GUI_MODIFY_VOLUME,
+**    		GUI_DELETE_VOLUME,
+**    		GUI_START_CHECK_VOLUME,
+**    		GUI_STOP_CHECK_VOLUME
+**    	};
+**    Command description :
+**    	GUI_SET_SERIAL : Set the controller serial#
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x10
+**    		byte 3          : password length (should be 0x0f)
+**    		byte 4-0x13     : should be "ArEcATecHnoLogY"
+**    		byte 0x14--0x23 : Serial number string (must be 16 bytes)
+**      GUI_SET_VENDOR : Set vendor string for the controller
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x11
+**    		byte 3          : password length (should be 0x08)
+**    		byte 4-0x13     : should be "ArEcAvAr"
+**    		byte 0x14--0x3B : vendor string (must be 40 bytes)
+**      GUI_SET_MODEL : Set the model name of the controller
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x12
+**    		byte 3          : password length (should be 0x08)
+**    		byte 4-0x13     : should be "ArEcAvAr"
+**    		byte 0x14--0x1B : model string (must be 8 bytes)
+**      GUI_IDENTIFY : Identify device
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x13
+**    		                  return "Areca RAID Subsystem "
+**      GUI_CHECK_PASSWORD : Verify password
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x14
+**    		byte 3          : password length
+**    		byte 4-0x??     : user password to be checked
+**      GUI_LOGOUT : Logout GUI (force password checking on next command)
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x15
+**      GUI_HTTP : HTTP interface (reserved for Http proxy service)(0x16)
+**
+**      GUI_SET_ETHERNET_ADDR : Set the ethernet MAC address
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x17
+**    		byte 3          : password length (should be 0x08)
+**    		byte 4-0x13     : should be "ArEcAvAr"
+**    		byte 0x14--0x19 : Ethernet MAC address (must be 6 bytes)
+**      GUI_SET_LOGO : Set logo in HTTP
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x18
+**    		byte 3          : Page# (0/1/2/3) (0xff --> clear OEM logo)
+**    		byte 4/5/6/7    : 0x55/0xaa/0xa5/0x5a
+**    		byte 8          : TITLE.JPG data (each page must be 2000 bytes)
+**    		                  note page0 1st 2 byte must be
+**    					actual length of the JPG file
+**      GUI_POLL_EVENT : Poll If Event Log Changed
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x19
+**      GUI_GET_EVENT : Read Event
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x1a
+**    		byte 3          : Event Page (0:1st page/1/2/3:last page)
+**      GUI_GET_HW_MONITOR : Get HW monitor data
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2 			: command code 0x1b
+**    		byte 3 			: # of FANs(example 2)
+**    		byte 4 			: # of Voltage sensor(example 3)
+**    		byte 5 			: # of temperature sensor(example 2)
+**    		byte 6 			: # of power
+**    		byte 7/8        : Fan#0 (RPM)
+**    		byte 9/10       : Fan#1
+**    		byte 11/12 		: Voltage#0 original value in *1000
+**    		byte 13/14 		: Voltage#0 value
+**    		byte 15/16 		: Voltage#1 org
+**    		byte 17/18 		: Voltage#1
+**    		byte 19/20 		: Voltage#2 org
+**    		byte 21/22 		: Voltage#2
+**    		byte 23 		: Temp#0
+**    		byte 24 		: Temp#1
+**    		byte 25 		: Power indicator (bit0 : power#0,
+**    						 bit1 : power#1)
+**    		byte 26 		: UPS indicator
+**      GUI_QUICK_CREATE : Quick create raid/volume set
+**    	    byte 0,1        : length
+**    	    byte 2          : command code 0x20
+**    	    byte 3/4/5/6    : raw capacity
+**    	    byte 7 			: raid level
+**    	    byte 8 			: stripe size
+**    	    byte 9 			: spare
+**    	    byte 10/11/12/13: device mask (the devices to create raid/volume)
+**    		This function is removed, application like
+**    		to implement quick create function
+**    	need to use GUI_CREATE_RAIDSET and GUI_CREATE_VOLUMESET function.
+**      GUI_GET_INFO_R : Get Raid Set Information
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x20
+**    		byte 3          : raidset#
+**    	typedef struct sGUI_RAIDSET
+**    	{
+**    		BYTE grsRaidSetName[16];
+**    		DWORD grsCapacity;
+**    		DWORD grsCapacityX;
+**    		DWORD grsFailMask;
+**    		BYTE grsDevArray[32];
+**    		BYTE grsMemberDevices;
+**    		BYTE grsNewMemberDevices;
+**    		BYTE grsRaidState;
+**    		BYTE grsVolumes;
+**    		BYTE grsVolumeList[16];
+**    		BYTE grsRes1;
+**    		BYTE grsRes2;
+**    		BYTE grsRes3;
+**    		BYTE grsFreeSegments;
+**    		DWORD grsRawStripes[8];
+**    		DWORD grsRes4;
+**    		DWORD grsRes5; //     Total to 128 bytes
+**    		DWORD grsRes6; //     Total to 128 bytes
+**    	} sGUI_RAIDSET, *pGUI_RAIDSET;
+**      GUI_GET_INFO_V : Get Volume Set Information
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x21
+**    		byte 3          : volumeset#
+**    	typedef struct sGUI_VOLUMESET
+**    	{
+**    		BYTE gvsVolumeName[16]; //     16
+**    		DWORD gvsCapacity;
+**    		DWORD gvsCapacityX;
+**    		DWORD gvsFailMask;
+**    		DWORD gvsStripeSize;
+**    		DWORD gvsNewFailMask;
+**    		DWORD gvsNewStripeSize;
+**    		DWORD gvsVolumeStatus;
+**    		DWORD gvsProgress; //     32
+**    		sSCSI_ATTR gvsScsi;
+**    		BYTE gvsMemberDisks;
+**    		BYTE gvsRaidLevel; //     8
+**    		BYTE gvsNewMemberDisks;
+**    		BYTE gvsNewRaidLevel;
+**    		BYTE gvsRaidSetNumber;
+**    		BYTE gvsRes0; //     4
+**    		BYTE gvsRes1[4]; //     64 bytes
+**    	} sGUI_VOLUMESET, *pGUI_VOLUMESET;
+**      GUI_GET_INFO_P : Get Physical Drive Information
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x22
+**    		byte 3          : drive # (from 0 to max-channels - 1)
+**    	typedef struct sGUI_PHY_DRV
+**    	{
+**    		BYTE gpdModelName[40];
+**    		BYTE gpdSerialNumber[20];
+**    		BYTE gpdFirmRev[8];
+**    		DWORD gpdCapacity;
+**    		DWORD gpdCapacityX; //     Reserved for expansion
+**    		BYTE gpdDeviceState;
+**    		BYTE gpdPioMode;
+**    		BYTE gpdCurrentUdmaMode;
+**    		BYTE gpdUdmaMode;
+**    		BYTE gpdDriveSelect;
+**    		BYTE gpdRaidNumber; //     0xff if not belongs to a raid set
+**    		sSCSI_ATTR gpdScsi;
+**    		BYTE gpdReserved[40]; //     Total to 128 bytes
+**    	} sGUI_PHY_DRV, *pGUI_PHY_DRV;
+**    	GUI_GET_INFO_S : Get System Information
+**      	byte 0,1        : length
+**      	byte 2          : command code 0x23
+**    	typedef struct sCOM_ATTR
+**    	{
+**    		BYTE comBaudRate;
+**    		BYTE comDataBits;
+**    		BYTE comStopBits;
+**    		BYTE comParity;
+**    		BYTE comFlowControl;
+**    	} sCOM_ATTR, *pCOM_ATTR;
+**    	typedef struct sSYSTEM_INFO
+**    	{
+**    		BYTE gsiVendorName[40];
+**    		BYTE gsiSerialNumber[16];
+**    		BYTE gsiFirmVersion[16];
+**    		BYTE gsiBootVersion[16];
+**    		BYTE gsiMbVersion[16];
+**    		BYTE gsiModelName[8];
+**    		BYTE gsiLocalIp[4];
+**    		BYTE gsiCurrentIp[4];
+**    		DWORD gsiTimeTick;
+**    		DWORD gsiCpuSpeed;
+**    		DWORD gsiICache;
+**    		DWORD gsiDCache;
+**    		DWORD gsiScache;
+**    		DWORD gsiMemorySize;
+**    		DWORD gsiMemorySpeed;
+**    		DWORD gsiEvents;
+**    		BYTE gsiMacAddress[6];
+**    		BYTE gsiDhcp;
+**    		BYTE gsiBeeper;
+**    		BYTE gsiChannelUsage;
+**    		BYTE gsiMaxAtaMode;
+**    		BYTE gsiSdramEcc; //     1:if ECC enabled
+**    		BYTE gsiRebuildPriority;
+**    		sCOM_ATTR gsiComA; //     5 bytes
+**    		sCOM_ATTR gsiComB; //     5 bytes
+**    		BYTE gsiIdeChannels;
+**    		BYTE gsiScsiHostChannels;
+**    		BYTE gsiIdeHostChannels;
+**    		BYTE gsiMaxVolumeSet;
+**    		BYTE gsiMaxRaidSet;
+**    		BYTE gsiEtherPort; //     1:if ether net port supported
+**    		BYTE gsiRaid6Engine; //     1:Raid6 engine supported
+**    		BYTE gsiRes[75];
+**    	} sSYSTEM_INFO, *pSYSTEM_INFO;
+**    	GUI_CLEAR_EVENT : Clear System Event
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x24
+**      GUI_MUTE_BEEPER : Mute current beeper
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x30
+**      GUI_BEEPER_SETTING : Disable beeper
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x31
+**    		byte 3          : 0->disable, 1->enable
+**      GUI_SET_PASSWORD : Change password
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2 			: command code 0x32
+**    		byte 3 			: pass word length ( must <= 15 )
+**    		byte 4 			: password (must be alpha-numerical)
+**    	GUI_HOST_INTERFACE_MODE : Set host interface mode
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2 			: command code 0x33
+**    		byte 3 			: 0->Independent, 1->cluster
+**      GUI_REBUILD_PRIORITY : Set rebuild priority
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2 			: command code 0x34
+**    		byte 3 			: 0/1/2/3 (low->high)
+**      GUI_MAX_ATA_MODE : Set maximum ATA mode to be used
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2 			: command code 0x35
+**    		byte 3 			: 0/1/2/3 (133/100/66/33)
+**      GUI_RESET_CONTROLLER : Reset Controller
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x36
+**                            *Response with VT100 screen (discard it)
+**      GUI_COM_PORT_SETTING : COM port setting
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2 			: command code 0x37
+**    		byte 3 			: 0->COMA (term port),
+**    					  1->COMB (debug port)
+**    		byte 4 			: 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7
+**    			(1200/2400/4800/9600/19200/38400/57600/115200)
+**    		byte 5 			: data bit
+**    					(0:7 bit, 1:8 bit : must be 8 bit)
+**    		byte 6 			: stop bit (0:1, 1:2 stop bits)
+**    		byte 7 			: parity (0:none, 1:off, 2:even)
+**    		byte 8 			: flow control
+**    			(0:none, 1:xon/xoff, 2:hardware => must use none)
+**      GUI_NO_OPERATION : No operation
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x38
+**      GUI_DHCP_IP : Set DHCP option and local IP address
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x39
+**    		byte 3          : 0:dhcp disabled, 1:dhcp enabled
+**    		byte 4/5/6/7    : IP address
+**      GUI_CREATE_PASS_THROUGH : Create pass through disk
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2 			: command code 0x40
+**    		byte 3 			: device #
+**    		byte 4 			: scsi channel (0/1)
+**    		byte 5 			: scsi id (0-->15)
+**    		byte 6 			: scsi lun (0-->7)
+**    		byte 7 			: tagged queue (1 : enabled)
+**    		byte 8 			: cache mode (1 : enabled)
+**    		byte 9 			: max speed (0/1/2/3/4,
+**    			async/20/40/80/160 for scsi)
+**    			(0/1/2/3/4, 33/66/100/133/150 for ide  )
+**      GUI_MODIFY_PASS_THROUGH : Modify pass through disk
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2 			: command code 0x41
+**    		byte 3 			: device #
+**    		byte 4 			: scsi channel (0/1)
+**    		byte 5 			: scsi id (0-->15)
+**    		byte 6 			: scsi lun (0-->7)
+**    		byte 7 			: tagged queue (1 : enabled)
+**    		byte 8 			: cache mode (1 : enabled)
+**    		byte 9 			: max speed (0/1/2/3/4,
+**    					async/20/40/80/160 for scsi)
+**    			(0/1/2/3/4, 33/66/100/133/150 for ide  )
+**      GUI_DELETE_PASS_THROUGH : Delete pass through disk
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x42
+**    		byte 3          : device# to be deleted
+**      GUI_IDENTIFY_DEVICE : Identify Device
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x43
+**    		byte 3          : Flash Method
+**    				(0:flash selected, 1:flash not selected)
+**    		byte 4/5/6/7    : IDE device mask to be flashed
+**                           note .... no response data available
+**    	GUI_CREATE_RAIDSET : Create Raid Set
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x50
+**    		byte 3/4/5/6    : device mask
+**    		byte 7-22       : raidset name (if byte 7 == 0:use default)
+**      GUI_DELETE_RAIDSET : Delete Raid Set
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x51
+**    		byte 3          : raidset#
+**    	GUI_EXPAND_RAIDSET : Expand Raid Set
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x52
+**    		byte 3          : raidset#
+**    		byte 4/5/6/7    : device mask for expansion
+**    		byte 8/9/10     : (8:0 no change, 1 change, 0xff:terminate,
+**    				9:new raid level,
+**    				10:new stripe size
+**    				0/1/2/3/4/5->4/8/16/32/64/128K )
+**    		byte 11/12/13   : repeat for each volume in the raidset
+**      GUI_ACTIVATE_RAIDSET : Activate incomplete raid set
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x53
+**    		byte 3          : raidset#
+**      GUI_CREATE_HOT_SPARE : Create hot spare disk
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x54
+**    		byte 3/4/5/6    : device mask for hot spare creation
+**    	GUI_DELETE_HOT_SPARE : Delete hot spare disk
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x55
+**    		byte 3/4/5/6    : device mask for hot spare deletion
+**    	GUI_CREATE_VOLUME : Create volume set
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x60
+**    		byte 3          : raidset#
+**    		byte 4-19       : volume set name
+**    				(if byte4 == 0, use default)
+**    		byte 20-27      : volume capacity (blocks)
+**    		byte 28 		: raid level
+**    		byte 29 		: stripe size
+**    				(0/1/2/3/4/5->4/8/16/32/64/128K)
+**    		byte 30 		: channel
+**    		byte 31 		: ID
+**    		byte 32 		: LUN
+**    		byte 33 		: 1 enable tag
+**    		byte 34 		: 1 enable cache
+**    		byte 35 		: speed
+**    		(0/1/2/3/4->async/20/40/80/160 for scsi)
+**    		(0/1/2/3/4->33/66/100/133/150 for IDE  )
+**    		byte 36 		: 1 to select quick init
+**
+**    	GUI_MODIFY_VOLUME : Modify volume Set
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x61
+**    		byte 3          : volumeset#
+**    		byte 4-19       : new volume set name
+**    		(if byte4 == 0, not change)
+**    		byte 20-27      : new volume capacity (reserved)
+**    		byte 28 		: new raid level
+**    		byte 29 		: new stripe size
+**    		(0/1/2/3/4/5->4/8/16/32/64/128K)
+**    		byte 30 		: new channel
+**    		byte 31 		: new ID
+**    		byte 32 		: new LUN
+**    		byte 33 		: 1 enable tag
+**    		byte 34 		: 1 enable cache
+**    		byte 35 		: speed
+**    		(0/1/2/3/4->async/20/40/80/160 for scsi)
+**    		(0/1/2/3/4->33/66/100/133/150 for IDE  )
+**    	GUI_DELETE_VOLUME : Delete volume set
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x62
+**    		byte 3          : volumeset#
+**    	GUI_START_CHECK_VOLUME : Start volume consistency check
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x63
+**    		byte 3          : volumeset#
+**    	GUI_STOP_CHECK_VOLUME : Stop volume consistency check
+**    		byte 0,1        : length
+**    		byte 2          : command code 0x64
+** ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+**    4. Returned data
+** ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+**    	(A) Header          : 3 bytes sequence (0x5E, 0x01, 0x61)
+**    	(B) Length          : 2 bytes
+**    			(low byte 1st, excludes length and checksum byte)
+**    	(C) status or data  :
+**           <1> If length == 1 ==> 1 byte status code
+**    		#define GUI_OK                    0x41
+**    		#define GUI_RAIDSET_NOT_NORMAL    0x42
+**    		#define GUI_VOLUMESET_NOT_NORMAL  0x43
+**    		#define GUI_NO_RAIDSET            0x44
+**    		#define GUI_NO_VOLUMESET          0x45
+**    		#define GUI_NO_PHYSICAL_DRIVE     0x46
+**    		#define GUI_PARAMETER_ERROR       0x47
+**    		#define GUI_UNSUPPORTED_COMMAND   0x48
+**    		#define GUI_DISK_CONFIG_CHANGED   0x49
+**    		#define GUI_INVALID_PASSWORD      0x4a
+**    		#define GUI_NO_DISK_SPACE         0x4b
+**    		#define GUI_CHECKSUM_ERROR        0x4c
+**    		#define GUI_PASSWORD_REQUIRED     0x4d
+**           <2> If length > 1 ==>
+**    		data block returned from controller
+**    		and the contents depends on the command code
+**    	(E) Checksum        : checksum of length and status or data byte
+**************************************************************************