From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261672AbUCBPJw (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:09:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261670AbUCBPJw (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:09:52 -0500 Received: from 82-69-47-17.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk ([82.69.47.17]:53377 "EHLO brain.pulsesol.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261667AbUCBPJs (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:09:48 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 15:09:47 +0000 From: Antony Gelberg To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Sony AIT ATAPI in 2.4.24 Message-ID: <20040302150947.GC2276@brain.pulsesol.com> Mail-Followup-To: Antony Gelberg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, debian-user@lists.debian.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi all, We have a server into which we've put a Sony AITi130a/S tape drive. Recompiled the kernel (2.4.24) to include ATAPI TAPE. On reboot, the logs indicate recognition of the drive: hdd: ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~AÀ~A, ATAPI TAPE drive hdd: attached ide-tape driver. ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 12, key = 0, asc = c0, ascq = 81 ide-tape: ht0: can't get INQUIRY results ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1a, key = 0, asc = c0, ascq = 81 ide-tape: Can't get tape parameters - assuming some default values ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1a, key = 0, asc = c0, ascq = 81 ide-tape: Can't get block descriptor ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: 450KBps, 6*26kB buffer, 4394kB pipeline, 110ms tDSC With no tape in the drive, the above doesn't happen - the drive is not detected as far as I can see. Subequent attempts to use the drive result in error messages like: Mar 2 15:07:38 server kernel: hdd: ATAPI reset complete Mar 2 15:07:38 server kernel: ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1, key = 0, asc = c0, ascq = 81 Mar 2 15:09:38 server kernel: ide-tape: ht0: DSC timeout I was hoping that someone who knows the ide-tape stuff is around, and could help me with what those hex values and other errors mean, and even whether there is a chance that this drive is not supported. I'm going to upgrade to 2.6.3, but need to wait for an outage. Please CC me as I'm not subscribed. Antony