The Linux 2.4 SCSI subsystem HOWTO
Douglas Gilbert
Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Douglas Gilbert
2003-08-24
| Revision History |
|---|
| Revision 2.1 | 2004-08-24 | Revised by: dpg |
| scsihosts change -> run mkinitrd, lk 2.4.21,22 |
| Revision 2.0 | 2003-05-04 | Revised by: dpg |
| lk2.4.20, linuxdoc->tldp, sATA and SAS, last sector on raw devs,
blockdev |
| Revision 1.9 | 2002-11-20 | Revised by: dpg |
| convert to xml, lk2.4.19, spelling |
| Revision 1.8 | 2002-05-05 | Revised by: dpg |
| scsihosts comma delimiter, grub+lilo |
| Revision 1.7 | 2002-04-27 | Revised by: dpg |
| mkinitrd, scsi_debug, 2.4.18, more ATAPI |
| Revision 1.6 | 2002-01-26 | Revised by: dpg |
| ATAPI cdrom selection |
| Revision 1.5 | 2001-12-21 | Revised by: dpg |
| 16 byte SCSI commands, SCSI_IOCTL_GET_PCI |
| Revision 1.4 | 2001-08-26 | Revised by: dpg |
| spelling, dd_rescue, mkinitrd example, lk 2.4 changes, 1394. |
| Revision 1.3 | 2001-08-26 | Revised by: dpg |
| ATAPI CDROM section, alter title, U320, iSCSI. |
| Revision 1.2 | 2001-03-25 | Revised by: dpg |
| Information about scu, dt, "Alt" sequences, more notes. |
| Revision 1.1 | 2001-01-22 | Revised by: dpg |
| Add osst description, _EXTRA_DEVS limitations. |
This document describes the SCSI subsystem as the Linux kernel
enters the 2.4 production series.
An external view of the SCSI subsystem is the main theme.
Material is included to help the system administration of the
Linux SCSI subsystem. There are also brief descriptions of
ioctl()s and interfaces that may be relevant to those writing
applications that use this subsystem.
Take our 
