The Linux SCSI subsystem in 2.4

Douglas Gilbert

      dgilbert@interlog.com
     

Copyright © 2000, 2001 by Douglas Gilbert

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Architectural Overview
3. Names and Addresses
3.1. SCSI Addressing
3.2. Device Names
3.3. Device Names in devfs
3.4. Device Names in scsidev
4. Kernel Configuration
5. Boot Parameters
6. Modules and their Parameters
7. Proc pseudo file system
8. Mid Level, Unifying layer
8.1. boot parameters
8.2. module parameters
8.3. proc interface
9. Upper level drivers
9.1. Disk driver (sd)
9.2. CDROM driver (sr or scd)
9.3. Tape driver (st)
9.4. Generic driver (sg)
10. Lower Level drivers
10.1. Pseudo drivers
11. Raw devices
12. Devfs pseudo file system
A. Common bus types (SCSI and other)
B. Changes between lk 2.2 and 2.4
B.1. Mid level changes
B.2. sd changes
B.3. sr changes
B.4. st changes
B.5. sg changes
C. Performance and Debugging tools
D. Compile options and System calls including ioctls
D.1. Mid level
D.2. sd driver
D.3. sr driver
D.4. st driver
D.5. sg driver
E. References, Credits and Corrections
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