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authorjmallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>2009-06-01 06:52:03 +0000
committerjmallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>2009-06-01 06:52:03 +0000
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o) Remove some references to long-unsupported old-style config(8) directives.
o) Borrow da(4) language about autoconfiguration for ch(4).
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.Nd SCSI media-changer (juke box) driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd device ch
-.Cd device ch1 target 4 unit 0
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
@@ -67,13 +66,12 @@ come on line as; refer to
.Xr scsi 4
for details on kernel configuration.
.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).
+It is only necessary to explicitly configure one
+.Nm
+device; data structures are dynamically allocated as media changes are found
+on the
+.Tn SCSI
+bus.
.Sh IOCTLS
User mode programs communicate with the changer driver through a
number of ioctls which are described below.
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