SCSI subsystem documentation
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  The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) maintains a document describing
  the SCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel (lk) 2.4 series. See:
  http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SCSI-2.4-HOWTO . The LDP has single
  and multiple page HTML renderings as well as postscript and pdf.

  It can also be found at:
  http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.torque.net/scsi/SCSI-2.4-HOWTO

  
  Notes on using modules in the SCSI subsystem
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  The scsi support in the linux kernel can be modularized in a number of 
  different ways depending upon the needs of the end user.  To understand
  your options, we should first define a few terms.
  
  The scsi-core (also known as the "mid level") contains the core of scsi 
  support.  Without it you can do nothing with any of the other scsi drivers.
  The scsi core support can be a module (scsi_mod.o), or it can be built into
  the kernel. If the core is a module, it must be the first scsi module 
  loaded, and if you unload the modules, it will have to be the last one 
  unloaded.  In practice the modprobe and rmmod commands (and "autoclean")
  will enforce the correct ordering of loading and unloading modules in
  the SCSI subsystem.
  
  The individual upper and lower level drivers can be loaded in any order 
  once the scsi core is present in the kernel (either compiled in or loaded
  as a module).  The disk driver (sd_mod.o), cdrom driver (sr_mod.o),
  tape driver ** (st.o) and scsi generics driver (sg.o) represent the upper 
  level drivers to support the various assorted devices which can be 
  controlled.  You can for example load the tape driver to use the tape drive, 
  and then unload it once you have no further need for the driver (and release
  the associated memory).
  
  The lower level drivers are the ones that support the individual cards that
  are supported for the hardware platform that you are running under. Those
  individual cards are often called Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). For example the
  aic7xxx.o driver is used to control all recent SCSI controller cards from 
  Adaptec. Almost all lower level drivers can be built either as modules or 
  built into the kernel.
  
  
  ** There is a variant of the st driver for controlling OnStream tape
     devices. Its module name is osst.o .