Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 14:19:01 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mysterious super scsi device.... Message-ID: <328F8F55.41C67EA6@whistle.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961116163712.21401A-100000@klemm.gtn.com>
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Andreas Klemm wrote: > > I think MAKEDEV isn't prepared yet, to use the super scsi device. > > The scsi man page says, > > The -p option can be used against the "super scsi" device /dev/scsi/super > to probe all devices with a given SCSI lun on a given SCSI bus. The bus > can be selected with the -b option and the default is 0. The lun can be > selected with the -l option and the default is 0. See scsi(4) for a de- > scription of the "super scsi" device. you can use it against ANY scsi device particularly the 'control device' for a scsi device.. the superscsi device really only exists in theory at this stage.. thre is code but it requires playing with.. > > So it should be possible for me, to re-probe for a tape device > after reboot, if I forgot to power on the tape. > > But what devices are all needed for this super scsi feature. > Only /dev/scsi/super ? Which major minor numbers ? > > Thanks for any advice. BTW, this should definitively go into 2.2, > if MAKEDEV would be fixed ... > > Andreas /// > > andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH > Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de > pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev..html >>> powered by <<< > ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<
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