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Subject: Re: mysterious super scsi device....
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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 ///
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