> I can't see why you would want to detach all periph without
> detatching the associated bus, [...]

Say I've got a second SCSI card in the machine and I am about to
disconnect - or just have disconnected - the cable to multiple external
devices.  It may be more convenient to just "detach 'em all" than going
through to figure out which ones to hit.

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