From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Mouw Subject: Re: status of the scsi changer driver Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:52:43 +0100 Message-ID: <20050110115243.GA12837@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <20050109120156.GA19296@lst.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from users.linvision.com ([62.58.92.114]:26531 "HELO bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262217AbVAJLwp (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:52:45 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050109120156.GA19296@lst.de> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: kraxel@bytesex.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 01:01:56PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > do you plan to ever polish and submit the scsi changer driver for > mainline inclusion? > > We've been carring it along with the Debian kernel for a while, but > it looks pretty much like a dead end currently. FWIW, mtx (http://mtx.sourceforge.net/ ) worked rather nice last time I tried with a Dell 8 slot DLT changer. It uses the sg interface rather than a special scsi changer device. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands