Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:37:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Dominik Brettnacher <domi@saargate.de> To: "dnelson@emsphone.com" <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape support for linux programs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104091935570.30171-100000@dominik.saargate.de> In-Reply-To: <fc.41bf7eab41bf7eabd0f4ae6a3b9aca00.dfe5f5@saargate.de>
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On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, dnelson@emsphone.com wrote:
> >> has anybody of you plans to make the Linux emulation support tape
> >> drives so that one can use Linux backup programs on FreeBSD?
> It's not a matter of tape support; the tape drive support is fine.
> Lots of Linux backup programs want to send raw SCSI commands, though,
> which means there needs to be an emulation layer to convert our
> /dev/pass* devices to support Linux /dev/sgm* 's ioctls.
So does mt use raw SCSI commands?
bash-2.04$ ./mt -f /dev/sa1 status
./mt: /dev/sa1: Invalid argument
bash-2.04$ dmesg |tail
[...]
linux: 'ioctl' fd=3, cmd=6d01 ('m',1) not implemented
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