Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:37:34 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: Matthew Jacob <lydianconcepts@gmail.com>, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Cc: Kern Sibbald <kern@sibbald.com> Subject: Re: Tape drive handling on FreeBSD Message-ID: <43A9144E.22636.E437919@dan.langille.org> In-Reply-To: <7579f7fb0512201249k595e2eai62467a0c0e670451@mail.gmail.com> References: <200512201018.07905.kern@sibbald.com>
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On 20 Dec 2005 at 12:49, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > The only problem I can imagine is if someone already uses O_NONBLOCK on an > > open() call and expects it to fail if there is no tape in the drive. This > > seems a bit unlikely, but a bit of documentation can avoid most problems. > > > > *cough* > > Documentation didn't help you :-). > > I'll try and do a bit of work on it over the next week or so but I can't > test until I get home and hook up a tape drive (and find a frickin' piece of > DTL media for it). > > Poke me periodically at my private address. I can give you access to a machine with a DLT drive attached. It's running 5.4 and it's where Kern does his regression testing. Please email me your ssh-key and if possible, the IP address[es] you use. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/
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