Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 21 Jun 1997 01:04:06 +0200 (MET DST) | | From | Michael Neuffer <> | | Subject | Re: rescan scsi |
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On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 1 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi > > > > will reprobe Card 0, Channel 0, Device 1, Lun 0, and add it if it is > > found. > > Yikes! I was not aware that this was in the kernel. I sure hope there > is a disclaimer associated with this when one of the SCSI device bits is > pulling and another is pushing. You really should not disconnect or > connect a SCSI device when it is power up!
I wrote this quite some time ago and it has been in the kernel ever since. And yes, there is a note in the source that tells you that it is dangerous to use this.
BTW, this is only dangerous if you don't have hotpluggable equipment.
Mike
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