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--- a/man4/smartpqi.4
+++ b/man4/smartpqi.4
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-.\" Copyright (C) 2019, Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries
+'\" t
+.\" Copyright (C) 2019-2023, Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries
 .\" Copyright (C) 2016-2018, Microsemi Corporation
 .\" Copyright (C) 2016, PMC-Sierra, Inc.
-.\" Written by Kevin Barnett <kevin.barnett@microsemi.com>
+.\" Written by Kevin Barnett <kevin.barnett@microchip.com>
 .\"
 .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-.TH SMARTPQI 4 2021-03-22 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.TH smartpqi 4 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
 .SH NAME
-smartpqi \- Microsemi Smart Family SCSI driver
+smartpqi \- Microchip Smart Storage SCSI driver
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SY "modprobe smartpqi"
 .RB [ disable_device_id_wildcards= { 0 | 1 }]
@@ -15,10 +16,11 @@ smartpqi \- Microsemi Smart Family SCSI driver
 .RB [ lockup_action= { none | reboot | panic }]
 .RB [ expose_ld_first= { 0 | 1 }]
 .RB [ hide_vsep= { 0 | 1 }]
+.RB [ disable_managed_interrupts= { 0 | 1 }]
 .YS
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B smartpqi
-is a SCSI driver for Microsemi Smart Family controllers.
+is a SCSI driver for Microchip Smart Storage controllers.
 .SS Supported \f[BI]ioctl\fP\/() operations
 For compatibility with applications written for the
 .BR cciss (4)
@@ -65,17 +67,17 @@ Allows BMIC and CISS commands to be passed through to the controller.
 .TP
 .BR disable_device_id_wildcards= { 0 | 1 }
 Disables support for device ID wildcards.
-The default value is 0.
+The default value is 0 (wildcards are enabled).
 .TP
 .BR disable_heartbeat= { 0 | 1 }
 Disables support for the controller's heartbeat check.
 This parameter is used for debugging purposes.
-The default value is 0, leaving the controller's heartbeat check active.
+The default value is 0 (the controller's heartbeat check is enabled).
 .TP
 .BR disable_ctrl_shutdown= { 0 | 1 }
 Disables support for shutting down the controller in the
 event of a controller lockup.
-The default value is 0.
+The default value is 0 (controller will be shut down).
 .TP
 .BR lockup_action= { none | reboot | panic }
 Specifies the action the driver takes when a controller
@@ -93,14 +95,18 @@ parameter   action
 .TE
 .TP
 .BR expose_ld_first= { 0 | 1 }
-This option enables support for exposing logical devices to
-the operating system before physical devices.
-The default value is 0.
+This option exposes logical devices to the OS before physical devices.
+The default value is 0 (physical devices exposed first).
 .TP
 .BR hide_vsep= { 0 | 1 }
-This option enables disabling exposure of the virtual SEP to the host.
-This is usually associated with direct attached drives.
-The default value is 0.
+This option disables exposure of the virtual SEP to the OS.
+The default value is 0 (virtual SEP is exposed).
+.TP
+.BR disable_managed_interrupts= { 0 | 1 }
+Disables driver utilization of Linux kernel managed interrupts for controllers.
+The managed interrupts feature automatically distributes interrupts
+to all available CPUs and assigns SMP affinity.
+The default value is 0 (managed interrupts enabled).
 .SH FILES
 .SS Device nodes
 Logical drives are accessed via the SCSI disk driver
@@ -255,7 +261,7 @@ is the logical unit number (LUN).
 The
 .I raid_level
 attribute is read-only.
-This attribute contains the RAID level of each logical drive.
+This attribute contains the RAID level of the logical volume.
 .IP
 For example:
 .IP
@@ -310,16 +316,17 @@ The
 driver was added in Linux 4.9.
 .SH NOTES
 .SS Configuration
-To configure a Microsemi Smart Family controller,
+To configure a Microchip Smart Storage controller,
 refer to the User Guide for the controller,
 which can be found by searching for the specific controller at
-.UR https://storage.microsemi.com/
+.UR https://www.microchip.com/design-centers/storage
 .UE .
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR cciss (4),
 .BR hpsa (4),
 .BR sd (4),
-.BR st (4)
+.BR st (4),
+.BR sg (4)
 .PP
 .I Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs\-bus\-pci\-devices\-cciss
 in the Linux kernel source tree.