Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:07:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:06:57 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-195-162-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.195.162.81]:54791 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:06:42 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:05:52 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: Mike Dresser cc: Camm Maguire , Khalid Aziz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.2.18 IDE tape problem, with ide-scsi In-Reply-To: <3A9BF340.B8DD9F56@windsormachine.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Maybe you should check to find out which devices are supported and which are not. HP messed up a good device class by doing something like a modified TR-4 or TR-5; however, it may be a QIC157 that is better supported under emulation. On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Mike Dresser wrote: > Camm Maguire wrote: > > > Greetings! You are certainly right here, at least in part. The ide > > patches for 2.2 definitely impair tape operation on these boxes. > > There was a crude workaround suggested on this list to use the > > ide-scsi driver -- this basically worked, but gave *many* error > > messages in the kernel log, and was significantly less reliable than > > stock 2.2.18. I'm still using ide-scsi out of inertia, but I suspect > > that ide-tape might be just fine with stock 2.2.18 too. And when I > > saw some support for the ALI chipset, the decision was clear to drop > > the latest ide stuff. > > > > This has been the situation for some time. Is this going to be > > resolved soon? > > Wish i knew, I'm praying that 2.2.19 hasn't/doesn't implement the ide patches like 2.4.x did. If so, and a major problem is found in > 2.2.18, then I have to maintain another machine running 2.2.18 to restore tapes. Also means i'd have to stop using taper or dump, > and stick to tar only, as both want to read the tape back in at some point. > > Mike > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASL, Inc. Toll free: 1-877-ASL-3535 1757 Houret Court Fax: 1-408-941-2071 Milpitas, CA 95035 Web: www.aslab.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/