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probe(D2oddi)

probe -- provide driver-specific information for DQI

Synopsis

   prefixprobe (char *buf, int *bytesvalid, int *probesvalid, int bufsize);

Description

The probe( ) entry point routine provides the necessary device-specific information for user-level applications such as ScoAdmin and the SNMP Manager client to determine which devices are currently configured on the system.

Arguments

buf
bytesvalid
probesvalid
bufsize

Return values

None

Usage

SCSI device drivers are not coded with an probe( ) routine. Instead, they must register the information with the SCSI configuration driver using the Sdevregister(D3osdi) routine for SCSI peripheral drivers or the Sharegister(D3osdi) routine for SCSI host adapater drivers.

Context and synchronization

Initialization context

Hardware applicability

All

Version applicability

oddi: 3, 3mp, 4, 4mp, 5, 5mp, 6, 6mp

Differences between versions

This routine is not used in ODDI versions prior to version 3 because those releases did not support the managers that use this functionality.

SVR5 DDI compatibility

DDI drivers do not use this entry point routine. User-level applications can access the resource manager database for information about configured drivers. See ``Resource manager database'' in HDK Technical Reference.