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3.Dd June 10, 1998
4.Dt CH 4
5.Os
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm ch
8.Nd SCSI media changer driver
9.Sh SYNOPSIS
10.Cd "ch* at scsibus? target ? lun ?"
11.Sh DESCRIPTION
12The
13.Nm
14driver is essentially an
15.Xr ioctl 2
16interface to a robot on a
17.Tn SCSI
18bus - a device that will change media (e.g. tapes, CD-ROMs, etc)
19in and out of drives for that media.
20The
21.Xr chio 1
22utility program uses this interface to manipulate such robots.
23.Sh FILES
24.Bl -tag -width /dev/rsdXXXXX -compact
25.It Pa /dev/ch Ns Ar u
26.Tn SCSI
27bus media changer unit
28.Ar u
29.El
30.Pa /usr/include/sys/chio.h
31.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
32.Bl -diag
33.It "ch%d: waiting %d seconds for changer to settle..."
34Some changers require a long time to settle out,
35to do tape inventory, for instance.
36.It "ch%d: offline"
37The changer is not responding.
38.It "ch%d: warning, READ ELEMENT STATUS avail != count"
39.It "ch%d: could not sense element address page"
40.It "ch%d: could not sense capabilities page"
41.El
42.Sh SEE ALSO
43.Xr chio 1 ,
44.Xr ioctl 2 ,
45.Xr cd 4 ,
46.Xr intro 4 ,
47.Xr scsi 4 ,
48.Xr st 4
49.Sh AUTHORS
50.An Jason R. Thorpe
51