Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:15:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (Fwd) Lost data on FreeBSD tape (fwd) Message-ID: <20030820101248.L61485@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20030820092347.G20029@root.org> References: <20030820092347.G20029@root.org>
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Nate Lawson wrote: > This appears to be a pthreads problem, not scsi. Anyone care to look at > it? This will be an interesting fix ... since pthreads use non-blocking file descriptors underneath, fixing it may involve changing the semantics of non-blocking files. > The interesting thing is that when the program > works, it gets a 0 status on a write, which > indicates that the tape is at the end of the > Logical EOF marker (or in other words, the > tape is almost full): I'm kind of curious what he's referring to here. There are no EOF markers unless you write them yourself. Does bakula require you to stripe tapes before use? -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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