Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 10:44:44 +0200 From: Hauke Fath <hf@Melog.DE> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new quirk entry for my seagate tape-- this time a STT20000N Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991005104319.036414c0@mail.saphirsc.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910041102500.55959-100000@beppo.feral.com> References: <4.2.0.58.19991004100335.0362e370@mail.saphirsc.de>
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At 11:03 04.10.99 -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> >
> > I never found a definite reference (can anybody help me out there?) but
> > folklore seems to have it that marking EOD with *one* filemark is a QIC
> > property -- and it should probably be tagged as such.
>
>It is, but it's impossible to tell a priori with some drives.
>
>It is my personal opinion that two filemarks at EOD should only be used
>for devices that cannot know physical EOT. Only 1/2" reel tapes come to
>mind on that one.
So 2FM should be the exception and not the default (as it is in NetBSD)?
Sounds reasonable.
hauke
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