Re: SCSI bus reset

Michael Neuffer (neuffer@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de)
Wed, 26 Jun 1996 23:14:35 +0200 (MET DST)

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On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, Boris Tobotras wrote:
> No, I can attach HDD on the fly.
>
> > So what exactly are you looking for ?
>
> Exactly SCSI bus rescan. Is it possible?

It depends on the SCSI controller you are using.

I implemented support for this quite some time ago.

This is the comment: :-)
/*
* Usage: echo "scsi add-single-device 0 1 2 3" >/proc/scsi/scsi
* with "0 1 2 3" replaced by your "Host Channel Id Lun".
* Consider this feature BETA.
* CAUTION: This is not for hotplugging your peripherals. As
* SCSI was not designed for this you could damage your
* hardware !
* However perhaps it is legal to switch on an
* already connected device. It is perhaps not
* guaranteed this device doesn't corrupt an ongoing data transfer.
*/

Unplugging is also there but doesn`t work properly yet.

Mike

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