From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Jun 18 14:08:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA14390 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:08:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from itsdsv1.enc.edu (fw1.enc.edu [207.95.42.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA14361 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:08:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owensc@enc.edu) Received: from itsdsv2.enc.edu (itsdsv2.enc.edu [10.1.1.9]) by itsdsv1.enc.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA02387 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:07:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:07:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Owens To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Sony AIT tape drive support Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Howdy, Has anyone here played with one of these drives with FreeBSD? These drives, of course, have an extended SCSI command set that allows access to the on-tape memory chip for the storing of index information, etc. My understanding is that when used with a plain, vanilla SCSI tape driver the AIT unit behaves just like a regular 8-millimeter drive (just with higher capacity and better throughput perhaps). Access to the other AIT nifty features (fast access times, no need to rewind prior to tape removal, etc.) requires a driver that utilizes this extended SCSI command set. Am I right here? Any further comments? Has anyone been thinking about adding support the extra AIT functionality to the standard SCSI driver (or pehaps making a separate AIT driver)? I should have one of these drives (installed in a nifty 28-tape library!) to play with in a few weeks. I'll be fine without support for the extra features since I mostly just care about the high storage capacity. Pleace cc: any replys to me directly since I'm not on the -scsi list. Thanks, --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles N. Owens Email: owensc@enc.edu http://www.enc.edu/~owensc Network & Systems Administrator Information Technology Services "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's Eastern Nazarene College best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message