<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>The Linux SCSI programming HOWTO: Introduction</TITLE> <LINK HREF="SCSI-Programming-HOWTO-3.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="SCSI-Programming-HOWTO-1.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="SCSI-Programming-HOWTO.html#toc2" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="SCSI-Programming-HOWTO-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="SCSI-Programming-HOWTO-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="SCSI-Programming-HOWTO.html#toc2">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s2">2. Introduction</A></H2> <P>This document is a guide to the installation and programming of the Linux generic SCSI interface. <P>It covers kernel prerequisites, device mappings, and basic interaction with devices. Some simple C programming examples are included. General knowledge of the SCSI command set is required; for more information on the SCSI standard and related information, see the appendix to this document. <P>Note the plain text version of this document lacks cross references (they show up as ``''). <P> <HR> <A HREF="SCSI-Programming-HOWTO-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="SCSI-Programming-HOWTO-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="SCSI-Programming-HOWTO.html#toc2">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
