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Subject: FreeBSD & SCSI LUN reservation (essentially an exclusive lock)
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Hello all,

Is there any way for a process in user space to try to trigger
a SCSI LUN reservation in FreeBSD?
This would be a very useful thing to have when using a multi-port
storage device which can be simultaneously connected to multiple
systems.

--jau