> > I have an external Yamaha CDR400t writer. The problem I have is that if I
> > take the writer to another machine and my linux box boots without the
> > writer, I cannot use the writer again without rebooting the linux box.
> > This does not happen on the Mac, where the writer can be used even if it
> > was not present at boot time.
> >
> > Is there any workaround for this?
>From /usr/src/linux/driver/scsi.c:
/*
* Usage: echo "scsi add-single-device 0 1 2 3" >/proc/scsi/scsi
* with "0 1 2 3" replaced by your "Host Channel Id Lun".
* Consider this feature BETA.
* CAUTION: This is not for hotplugging your peripherals. As
* SCSI was not designed for this you could damage your
* hardware !
* However perhaps it is legal to switch on an
* already connected device. It is perhaps not
* guaranteed this device doesn't corrupt an ongoing data transfer.
*/
/*
* Usage: echo "scsi remove-single-device 0 1 2 3" >/proc/scsi/scsi
* with "0 1 2 3" replaced by your "Host Channel Id Lun".
*
* Consider this feature pre-BETA.
*
* CAUTION: This is not for hotplugging your peripherals. As
* SCSI was not designed for this you could damage your
* hardware and thoroughly confuse the SCSI subsystem.
*
*/
AFAIK this can be used to add/remove SCSI devices on the fly,
in fact we have been doing this quite often for a while.
Regards,
Vladimir
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