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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:968 comp.os.386bsd.questions:4133 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!philapd!apdnews!spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl!wilko From: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: WT [QIC-02] wierdness Message-ID: <wilko.743889025@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 28 Jul 93 19:50:25 GMT References: <CAuF6z.L8n@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@idca.tds.philips.nl Lines: 39 rb6775@ehsn18.cen.uiuc.edu (Rafal Krzysztof Boni) writes: >This is a query for more info on tape dehavior, so even if you're not up >to giving me gory technical details... read on. > Question 1: > Before I get over my head into this WT driver [can we say > kluge, boys and girls?], has anyone done any work to get > it to a working level?? I looked on agate and sun-lamp, but > the driver is the same... Some work has been done to get it working with Archive drives. But were did I get those patches ?? > Question 2: > > When dealing with a NON-REWINDABLE tape device, the standard > [read "correct"] behavior is for the tape to be left at what- > ever location the last read/write was, correct?? Yep. And an open() on a non-rwind device should _not_ first rewind the tape either (don't laugh..) > Question 4: > Does anyone have/know where I can get more info on the QIC-02 > programming interface?? I probably don't want to do THAT much > hacking, but it might come in handy... Maybe you should checkout the state of the FreeBSD QIC driver? FreeBSD should be released in August, so maybe some work has already been done (? just speculating) Wilko -- | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte mail: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Corporation voice: +3155-432062 fax: +3155-432103 DTN: 829 2062 PO Box 245 - 7300 AE Apeldoorn - The Netherlands