Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 14:14:21 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>, 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 Message-ID: <199712251414.OAA01589@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Dec 1997 16:39:26 %2B0800." <199712250839.QAA14682@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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> 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.
Hmm, see my other commit. The SIOCADDR ioctl didn't work 'cos it was
being done on the 0th slice rather than the 2nd one.....
This stopped `scsi -f /dev/ssc -p' from working - now fixed :-)
> Cheers,
> -Peter
> --
> Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Netplex Consulting
>
>
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Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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