Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:06:12 -0500 From: tundra@tundrware.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/1341: Bug fix for SCSI tape Message-ID: <199606211506.KAA02489@eskimo.industry.net> Resent-Message-ID: <199606211510.IAA19657@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1341 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Fix Timeout On SCSI DAT Tape Erase >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jun 21 08:10:01 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bourne-again Superuser >Organization: TundraWare >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Environment: Intel DX-II/66, Adaptec 1542CP, Sony SDT-5000 >Description: The SCSI tape driver code does not leave enough time for "long" erase times such as those required for DAT tape. >How-To-Repeat: Do an 'mt erase' on a dat and wait. >Fix: In st.c change line #1878 (within the st_erase() function) to read: immed : 5000 ? 12000000, This allows up to 200 minutes for tape erase and makes the problem go away. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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