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        !             3: SCSI                      Device Driver                      SCSI
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        !             8: SCSI device drivers
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        !            11: The COHERENT  SCSI series  of device  drivers lets you  use SCSI-
        !            12: interface devices attached to host adapters from several vendors.
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        !            14: All  COHERENT  SCSI  device drivers  use  major  number 13,  thus
        !            15: allowing  all SCSI  devices to be  accessed via  standard device-
        !            16: naming conventions.  Peripherals can be accessed as either block-
        !            17: or  character-special devices.   The minor  number  specifies the
        !            18: device and  partition number  for disk-type devices;  this allows
        !            19: the use  of up to eight SCSI identifiers  (SCSI-ID's), with up to
        !            20: four  logical unit  numbers  (LUNs) per  SCSI-ID and  up to  four
        !            21: partitions per  LUN.  Tape and  other special devices  decode the
        !            22: minor number  to perform special  operations such as  ``rewind on
        !            23: close'' or ``no rewind on close''.
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        !            25: The first  ooppeenn call on  a SCSI disk device  allocates memory for
        !            26: the partition table and reads it into memory.
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        !            28: See the release notes for further information regarding supported
        !            29: host adapters and peripherals.
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        !            31: ***** Files *****
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        !            33: /ddeevv/ssdd* -- block-special devices
        !            34: /ddeevv/rrssdd* -- character-special devices
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        !            36: ***** See Also *****
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        !            38: aahhaa115544xx, ddeevviiccee ddrriivveerrss, ddrrvvlldd, ssss
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        !            40: ***** Notes *****
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        !            42: The  Mark  Williams  Company's  bulletin  board  makes  available
        !            43: loadable device  drivers for various SCSI  host adapters, as well
        !            44: as  device driver  updates.  See  the  release notes  for further
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