From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261354AbTJFKPR (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 06:15:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261384AbTJFKPQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 06:15:16 -0400 Received: from users.linvision.com ([62.58.92.114]:22499 "HELO bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261354AbTJFKPO (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 06:15:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 12:15:07 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Petr Cisar Cc: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Problems with SCSI tape in 2.6.0-test6 Message-ID: <20031006101507.GD10529@bitwizard.nl> References: <20031006084319.GA7360@big.switch.gts.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031006084319.GA7360@big.switch.gts.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:43:19AM +0200, Petr Cisar wrote: > I tried to use Compaq SDT-10000 tape drive with the lastest kernel, > but I am getting these messages in kernel log: > > st0: Failed to read 10240 byte block with 1024 byte transfer. > > and it results in ENOMEM returned by read(). I haven't tried this > type of tape under any other kernel version, but according to what I > found on the net, it should work fine. Normal behaviour for a tape drive, I get the same in 2.4 kernels. Tape devices are special in that they are character devices with a certain blocksize. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands | Data lost? Stay calm and contact Harddisk-recovery.com