Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 23:42:58 +0200 From: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/sga (Linux) SCSI Command Stuff Message-ID: <20070402214258.GA50571@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070402164027.I11442@thebighonker.lerctr.org> References: <02e101c77557$c5a68e60$50f3ab20$@org> <20070402204557.GA49440@freebsd.org> <20070402154835.F9231@thebighonker.lerctr.org> <20070402212855.GA50351@freebsd.org> <20070402164027.I11442@thebighonker.lerctr.org>
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On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 04:41:35PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: > On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Roman Divacky wrote: > > >On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 03:50:23PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: > >>On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Roman Divacky wrote: > >> > >>>On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 01:50:13PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: > >>>>Greetings, > >>>> I was wondering if any of the developers or hackers had ever > >>>> considered > >>>>making the linux emulation strong enough to run things like Seagate's > >>>>Seatools? > >>>> > >>>> I have a disk that's reporting a bad sector, and Seagate is insisting > >>>>that I run their software to test it. Unfortunately, their software is > >>>>Windows or Linux ONLY. > >>>> > >>>> I'm wondering if there is any chance that we might see enough of the > >>>>emulation to be able to send generic SCSI commands from a linux binary > >>>>on > >>>>a > >>>>FreeBSD box. > >>> > >>>netbsd implements plenty of ioctls we don't... by a chance can you test > >>>on > >>>netbsd? and possibly on solaris as we might ste^borrow from them too :) > >>I don't have access to NetBSD or Solaris boxes with Seagate drives in > >>them. > >> > >>Also, we don't (AFAIK) expose /dev/sga to the linux world through the > >>linux-o-lator so I don't even know if what I want is possible. > > > >hehe.. guess what.. netbsd supports that :) at least partially. so PLEASE > >test the netbsd somehow so we know that the netbsd support is sufficient > The box is 150+ miles away stuffed in a colo. It's also my main DNS / Mail > / > Web server. > > Sorry, but I don't think I can do that, at least with the scsi drive. > > I do have a new box coming that will have Seagate SATA drives, and might be > able to test that..... I am in a good mood so I guess I'll port the stuff from netbsd tomorrow. it looks very easy. I hope you will test :) going to bed now :) roman
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