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author | dg <dg@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-01-25 09:18:56 +0000 |
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committer | dg <dg@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-01-25 09:18:56 +0000 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ch.4 b/share/man/man4/ch.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..472c68b --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/ch.4 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.Dd August 27, 1993 +.Dt CH 4 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm ch +.Nd scsi media-changer (juke box) driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm device-driver ch +.Op Ar count +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Xr ch +driver provides support for a +.Em scsi +juke box. It allows many slots of media to be multiplexed between a number +of drives. +.Pp +A scsi adapter must also be separatly configured into the system +before a scsi changer can be configured. +.Pp +As the scsi adapter is probed during boot, the +.Em SCSI +bus is scanned for devices. Any devices found which answer as 'Changer' +type devices will be 'attached' to the +.Nm +driver. The first found will be attached as +.Em ch0 +and the next, +.Em ch1 +etc. +.Pp + +.Sh KERNEL CONFIGURATION +In configuring, if an optional +.Ar count +is given in the specification, that number of scsi media changers +are configured; Most storage for them is allocated only when found +so a large number of configured devices is cheap. (once the first +has included the driver). + +.Pp +.Sh IOCTLS +The following +.Xr ioctl 2 +call applies to the changer. It is defined in +in the header file +.Em sys/chio.h. + +.Bl -tag -width DIOCSDINFO +CHIOOP +This appears to be a 'do-everything' call. +.El +.Sh NOTES +The +.Nm +driver was added to the system by + Stefan Grefen (grefen@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de) +who apparently had such a device +however It appears as though no-one I have heard of has ever used this +driver. If you use it please let me know so I can test changes. +Stefan appears to have suffered net.death (or at least net.disconnection). +I (julian) have never used this device. If you do please re-write this +man page and send it to me.. + +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /dev/ch[0-9] -compact +.It Pa /dev/ch[0-9] +device entries +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +None. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sd 4 +.Xr st 4 +.Xr cd 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver appeared in 386BSD 0.1 + |