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Date:      10 May 1999 09:14:25 +0300
From:      Osma Ahvenlampi <oa-lists@spray.fi>
To:        aic7xxx@freebsd.org
Subject:   Resetting a tape drive on AIC7860
Message-ID:  <m3lnextpry.fsf@dhcp-144.razorfish.fi>

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I have a DELL PowerEdge 2300 system running Linux 2.0.36 kernel and
aic7xxx 5.1.15. An internal tape drive connected to the narrow
interface goes to "tilt mode" if the tape ends during a
backup. Sometimes (rarely) the problem situation goes away if I unload 
the tape driver (st.o) and eject the tape manually. Most times, the
tape drive remains inaccessible (every access except 'mt status'
responding with an error) until a reboot.

You can imagine that rebooting the system because of this is
annoying. Is there a way I could cause a device or bus reset on the
narrow bus (which has the tape drive and a CD-ROM) without upsetting
the software-RAID array on the wide aic7890 bus?

-- 
Osma Ahvenlampi



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