From owner-cvs-sbin Thu Dec 25 10:51:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA24849 for cvs-sbin-outgoing; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 10:51:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-sbin) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA24832; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 10:50:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA07112; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 10:49:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from UNKNOWN(), claiming to be "current1.whistle.com" via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd007110; Thu Dec 25 10:49:09 1997 Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 10:46:14 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Peter Wemm cc: Brian Somers , 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: <199712250839.QAA14682@spinner.netplex.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-sbin@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Peter Wemm added a function to SCSI(8) that allows it to quiese (Sp?) the bus I cannot remmeber if it's still there, but I would presume so. julian On Thu, 25 Dec 1997, Peter Wemm wrote: > 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 > > >