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SCSI peripheral drivers normally call the appropriate SCSI host adapter's xx_entry( ) routine. Sdebug works by intercepting messages to a particular SCSI peripheral. Sdebug is written to intercept messages to the first SCSI tape drive listed in the mscsi(F) file, but could easily be modified to work for multiple SCSI peripherals.
The tool takes advantage of the fact that the link kit for all systems includes a minimal C compiler. Files such as /etc/conf/pack.d/first/space.c. are automatically compiled when you link a kernel. The firstinit( ) routine in first/space.c file is the first function called through the io_init[] switch at startup. It can therefore be used to apply any patches to the system before other drivers are initialized. It goes on to call the first_init( ) routine in Driver.o.
For Sdebug, firstinit( ) has been modified so that it alters the Stpcfg[] array to call a new function, Sdebug_entry( ), instead of eiad_entry( ). Sdebug_entry( ), in turn, prints out the desired debugging information and then calls the xx_entry( ) routine of the adapter that was originally listed in Stpcfg[].
Sdebug intercepts the communication that occurs between a SCSI peripheral driver and a SCSI host adapter driver by altering the SCSI peripheral's scsi_dev_cfg(F_SCSI) table. Recall that each device in the mscsi file is built into a corresponding xxcfg[] array. For example, if the mscsi file contains a SCSI tape at SCSI target id 2, Logical Unit Number 0, the kernel will contain a table called Stpcfg that describes that tape drive's configuration. If mscsi has multiple SCSI tapes, then Stpcfg[] has multiple entries.
One of the pieces of information contained
in each entry of the xxcfg[] table
is a function pointer to the
xx_entry( )
routine of the adapter listed in mscsi.
For example, our Stpcfg[] table
would have said to use the routine
eiad_entry( )
when communicating with the SCSI tape drive.
See the README file in the /usr/hbacert/Sdebug directory after the package is installed for instructions about running the Sdebug tool.