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.Cd device da1 at scbus0 target 4 unit 0
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
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driver provides support for all
.Tn SCSI
devices of the direct access class that are attached to the system
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ devices age write transactions to limit vulnerability to a few transactions
recently reported as complete, but it is none-the-less recommended that
systems with write cache enabled devices reside on an Uninterruptible
Power Supply (UPS). The
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device driver ensures that the cache and media are synchronized upon
final close of the device or an unexpected shutdown (panic) event. This
ensures that it is safe to disconnect power once the operating system
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ setting the
(Write Cache Enable) bit in the caching control mode page.
.Sh TAGGED QUEUING
The
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device driver will take full advantage of the SCSI feature known as tagged
queuing. Tagged queuing allows the device to process multiple transactions
concurrently, often re-ordering them to reduce the number and length of
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ via the
utility.
.Sh KERNEL CONFIGURATION
It is only necessary to explicitly configure one
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device; data structures are dynamically allocated as disks are found
on the
.Tn SCSI