Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 23:28:17 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD-specific extension of struct mtget breaks dump(8) from Solaris Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002012326510.72881-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <14487.55497.261038.68187Y@rina.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
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> rmt(8) returns the result of MTIOCGET filled into struct mtget in > response to the 'S' command, issued by dump(8) of some certain OSs > including Solaris. (FreeBSD's one seems to not issue the 'S' command) > Due to the extention made to struct mtget in FreeBSD, remote dump > from, eg Solaris to FreeBSD fails to establish rmt connection. > > Maybe we would have to provide something like struct mtget_org for > compatibility with other OSs. Also, if we were to issue 'S' in our > dump(8), some command extention may be required. (any plans?) > > Any comments? Yes. This is definitely an issue. Didn't this come up before and was a PR filed that I somehow forgot to own? After all, I probably broke things. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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