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Date:      Thu, 25 Dec 1997 11:03:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
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:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.971225110307.18198F-100000@current1.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971225104439.18198B-100000@current1.whistle.com>

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On Thu, 25 Dec 1997, Julian Elischer wrote:

> Peter Wemm added a function to SCSI(8)
AAARGGGHH!!!
Peter DUFAULT!

> 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 <peter@netplex.com.au>   Netplex Consulting
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 




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