Re: Polling SCSI bus


Subject: Re: Polling SCSI bus
From: Charlie Watts (cewatts@frontier.net)
Date: Mon Nov 05 2001 - 12:15:54 MST


On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, nathan r. hruby wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Nathan A. McQuillen wrote:
> > Quick question, can't find this in the howtos:
> >
> > how do I re-poll the scsi bus (2.2.19 kernel) if I add devices? do i have
> > to reboot (as some info I found suggested) or is there an easier way
> > (with kernel scsi support, no scsi modules in use)?
>
> SCSI *isn't* hot plugable unless you have a array or something designed
> *specficly* for that purpose. Typically the plugging and unplugging of
> SCSI devices will have bad effects on the drive and SCSI Host Adaptor. So
> umm, yes typically you should reboot :)

Hrm. But that's not quite the question. Is it -possible- to force a
re-scan?

(We used to plug and unplug scsi devices in MacOS all the time - SCSI
Probe could rescan the bus and it 'just worked'.)

I crossed my fingers every time I did it ...

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Charlie Watts
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