Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 12:44:38 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: Tape driver problems Message-ID: <199912030244.MAA04138@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912021007560.369-100000@semuta.feral.com> from Matthew Jacob at "Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:10:49 -0800" References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912021007560.369-100000@semuta.feral.com>
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On Thursday, 2nd December 1999, Matthew Jacob wrote: >> "mt status" with no tape loaded gives an error: >> >> mt: /dev/nrsa0: Device not configured >> >> which seems a bit harsh. Also the kernel logs error messages like: > >Yes, let me think about the error a bit. It may be more a question of >changing 'mt' to report something other than just perror. I think 'Device not configured' should be reserved for when the device is truly non-existent, not just when it has no tape. >I'll have to check what happened here. Do you have CAMDEBUG defined? Hmm. That looks like the sort of thing I might do. ;-) I'll confirm tonight to see if this is my fault. >Hmm, indeed. The density determining code does indeed issue a read of >MAXPHYS bytes. It seems to me that all HBA's should at least support that! >The maintainer for the 1542X will have to speak to this tho... I'll help with fixing the 1542B devices. I have lots of them! Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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