From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Jun 21 08:10:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA19663 for bugs-outgoing; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 08:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA19657; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 08:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 08:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <199606211510.IAA19657@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: gnats (GNATS Management) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats@freefall.FreeBSD.org, tundra@tundraware.com Received: from eskimo.industry.net (eskimo.industry.net [206.150.208.254]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA19242 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 08:00:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by eskimo.industry.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA02489; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:06:12 -0500 Message-Id: <199606211506.KAA02489@eskimo.industry.net> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:06:12 -0500 From: tundra@tundrware.com Reply-To: tundra@tundraware.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: kern/1341: Bug fix for SCSI tape Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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: