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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ch.4 b/share/man/man4/ch.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..27b491caa79 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/ch.4 @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: ch.4,v 1.1 1997/06/04 07:37:57 grr Exp $ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 +.\" Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd March 28, 1997 +.Dt CH 4 +.Os OpenBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm ch +.Nd scsi media-changer (juke box) driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "ch? at scsibus? target ? lun ?" +.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 and a logical scsibuss must also be separately 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 device found will be attached as +.Em ch0 +and the next, +.Em ch1 +etc. +It is also possible to specify what ch unit a device should +come on line as; refer to +.Xr scsi 4 +for details on kernel configuration. +.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 cd 4 , +.Xr sd 4 , +.Xr st 4 +.Sh DISCLAIMER +These manpages were derived from the +.Tn FreeBSD +documentation of the generic scsi drivers. Since naming and calling +conventions may have diverged or suffered port specific changes, please +review the appropriate header files and configuration file for your port. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver appeared in 386BSD 0.1. |