From owner-cvs-etc Thu Dec 25 11:11:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA26240 for cvs-etc-outgoing; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 11:11:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-etc) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA26200; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 11:10:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA07337; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 11:06:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from UNKNOWN(), claiming to be "current1.whistle.com" via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd007333; Thu Dec 25 11:06:20 1997 Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 11:03:27 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Peter Wemm cc: Brian Somers , 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 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 Netplex Consulting > > > > > > > >