Re: SCSI device detection

David Woodhouse (Dave@imladris.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 24 Feb 1998 02:05:15 +0000


arabian@onramp.net said:
> I am curious, is there a way to force detection of an external device
> that was turned off at boot time?

>From drivers/scsi/scsi.c:
> /*
> * 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.
> */

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