From owner-cvs-sbin Thu Dec 25 00:39:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA00390 for cvs-sbin-outgoing; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 00:39:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-sbin) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (root@spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA00375; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 00:39:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (peter@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/Spinner) with ESMTP id QAA14682; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 16:39:27 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199712250839.QAA14682@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Brian Somers cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sbin@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/etc.i386 MAKEDEV src/sbin/scsi scsi.8 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 19 Dec 1997 06:14:27 PST." <199712191414.GAA14876@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 16:39:26 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-cvs-sbin@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brian Somers wrote: > brian 1997/12/19 06:14:26 PST > > Modified files: > etc/etc.i386 MAKEDEV > sbin/scsi scsi.8 > Log: > The ``super scsi'' device is /dev/scc. > I'm not sure it's fully functional though ! It is, I used it a few weeks back to force a scsi reprobe when I couldn't reboot the machine. I needed to get it to talk to a tape drive that had been hot plugged in.... :-O I created an LKM for the drivers since it's not a normal part of the kernel. I dropped into DDB while doing it to ensure a quiet scsi bus, crossed all fingers and did it. It actually worked! :-) I thought it was kinda neat actually. :-) I remember Julian showing it to us once when he was over here speaking at a the local unix user group meeting. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm Netplex Consulting