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Subject: Re: sa(4) driver changes available for test
From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
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> On Feb 13, 2015, at 7:32 PM, Kenneth D. Merry <ken@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
>=20
> I have a fairly large set of changes to the sa(4) driver and mt(1) =
driver
> that I'm planning to commit in the near future.
>=20
> A description of the changes is here and below in this message.
>=20
> If you have tape hardware and the inclination, I'd appreciate testing =
and
> feedback.

This came to me today via the Bacula mailing lists.

http://marc.info/?l=3Dbacula-users&m=3D142531236722693&w=3D2

> As far as I can tell ltfs support on linux sits on top of the standard =
mt-st stuff \
> as a userspace (fuse) filesystem=20
> I'd hope it's much the same with BSD. Removing the standard interface =
would be \
> counterproductive overall

Can you answer that and I'll relay please?

=E2=80=94=20
Dan Langille
http://langille.org/