Subject: Re: scsi subsystem
To: Dante Profeta <dante@mclink.it>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/18/1998 17:03:24
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:07:01 +0200
Dante Profeta <dante@mclink.it> wrote:
> I have to interact with the scsi subsystem.
> ...this time I didn't found any man pages... ;-)
>
> NetBSD doesn't seem to implement the ANSI CAM layer.
> Could you please explain to me how the scsi layer work and how to
> interface with it?
An example of interfacing w/ the SCSI subsystem can be found in the
bha driver, etc. Basically, you need to fill in a function switch,
queue commands, and indicate when they're done.
I'm at USENIX right now, and don't really have a lot of time at this moment
to reply, but I can help you out next week if no one else has by then.
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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