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Date:      Sat, 23 Jun 2001 20:43:23 +0300
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To:        Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Cc:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to invalidate scsi connection to driver module
Message-ID:  <20010623204323.G497@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106231038440.79651-100000@beppo.feral.com>; from mjacob@feral.com on Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:38:53AM -0700
References:  <20010623145429.D29940@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106231038440.79651-100000@beppo.feral.com>

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Isn't this what 'camcontrol rescan' is for?

G'luck,
Peter

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This sentence contains exactly threee erors.

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:38:53AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> 
> But the unit numbers can and do recycle.
> 
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:39:09PM +0100, j mckitrick wrote:
> > > 
> > > Here is the code for a scsi removable media drive.  If this is to become a
> > > module, the cam/scsi attachment must be removed.  I have tried calling
> > > cam_sim_free() and xpt_bus_deregister() but when the module is reloaded, the
> > > cam system assigns the next higher minor device number, and then crashes
> > > when accessed.  Any ideas here how to reset cam to a state where it knows
> > > nothing about the device?
> > 
> > I might be dead wrong here, but I think the different *types* of SCSI
> > devices are compiled statically in the kernel, and not intended to be
> > unloaded.  See the kernel options 'da', 'cd', 'pass' et al.
> > 
> > What I mean is that what you are trying to do might not be even possible,
> > at least with the current state of the CAM code.  And of course, I may
> > have completely misunderstood what you are trying to do :)

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