Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 12:49:37 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org> To: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/2698: scsi tape driver problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970210124628.24299G-100000@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199702101950.LAA20963@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Peter Mutsaers wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR kern/2698; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> My tapedrive is not broken. It works without such problems on Linux
> and NT4.0. (Maybe because Linux doesn't treat it as a raw device?)
>
> It is a DEC TZK:
>
> st0 at scbus0 target 2 lun 0
> st0: <DEC TZK10 00B3> type 1 removable SCSI 2
> st0: Sequential-Access
> st0: asynchronous.
> density code 0x0, drive empty
>
> This is exactly the same as a Wangtek 525MB drive, I think the Wangtek
> 5525 ES.
>
> Could/should I tell the driver that it is a Wangtek? The handbook
> says:
>
> This drives quirks are known and pre-compiled into the scsi tape device driver
> (st(4)).
modify /usr/src/sys/scsi/scsiconf.c so that an entry like the "WANGTEK",
"5525ES*"
but have it be something like:
{
..., ..., ..., "DEC", "TZK10", "00B3",
...
}
then recompile your kernel and see what happens... hope this works...
ttyl..
John-Mark
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