RE: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-03 Thread Mark Yeatman
This corrected the problem on 2.4.29. Thanks Marcelo and all for your help. Mark -Original Message- From: Marcelo Tosatti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 March 2005 12:04 To: Mark Yeatman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Kai Makisara
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Andrew Morton wrote: > Kai Makisara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > v2.6 also contains the same problem BTW. > > > > > > Try this: > > > > > > --- a/drivers/scsi/st.c.orig 2005-03-02 09:02:13.637158144 -0300 > > > +++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c 2005-03-02 09:0

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread John L. Males
Andrew/Kai, > List: linux-kernel > Subject: Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29 > From: Andrew Morton > Date: 2005-03-02 22:17:11 > Message-ID: <20050302141711.00ec7147.akpm () osdl ! org> > [Download message RAW] > > Kai Maki

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread John L. Males
Marcelo, My couple cents worth: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:17:19PM +0200, Kai Makisara wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:15:42AM -, Mark Yeatman wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > Never had to log a bug before, hope this is correctly

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Andrew Morton
Kai Makisara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > f seek with tape is changed back to returning success, this would enable > correct tar --verify at the beginning of the tape. However, I am not sure > what happens if we are not at the beginning. I will investigate this and > suggest a long term fix to

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Kai Makisara
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:17:19PM +0200, Kai Makisara wrote: ... > > BTW, this "fix" by Solar Designer introduces a bug to 2.4.29: a tape > > driver is supposed to return ENOMEM in the case that was changed to return > > EIO ;-( > > Reverted. > Tha

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Andreas Steinmetz
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Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:17:19PM +0200, Kai Makisara wrote: > On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:15:42AM -, Mark Yeatman wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > Never had to log a bug before, hope this is correctly done. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Mark > >

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread John L. Males
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[03]: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29 Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:15:07 -0500 > Marcelo, > > Sorry gents, seems the LKML used to handel the RE numbering in long > past when I last mailed to LKML, bit not now, so resending this >

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Andrew Morton
Kai Makisara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > v2.6 also contains the same problem BTW. > > > > Try this: > > > > --- a/drivers/scsi/st.c.orig 2005-03-02 09:02:13.637158144 -0300 > > +++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c2005-03-02 09:02:20.208159200 -0300 > > @@ -3778,7 +3778,6 @@ > >

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Kai Makisara
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:15:42AM -, Mark Yeatman wrote: > > Hi > > > > Never had to log a bug before, hope this is correctly done. > > > > Thanks > > > > Mark > > > > Detail > > > > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > > SCSI tape

Re: Re[03]: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread John L. Males
bject: Re[03]: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29 Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 15:46:26 -0500 > Hi Marcello, > > > ** Reply Seperator ** > > On (Wed) 2005-03-02 11:34:41 -0300 > Marcelo Tosatti wrote in Message-ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > T

Re[03]: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread John L. Males
Hi Marcello, ** Reply Seperator ** On (Wed) 2005-03-02 11:34:41 -0300 Marcelo Tosatti wrote in Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Marcelo Tosatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
n Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:08:51PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 02 March 2005 07:03, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > >On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:15:42AM -, Mark Yeatman wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> Never had to log a bug before, hope this is correctly done. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Mark > >

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 07:03, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: >On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:15:42AM -, Mark Yeatman wrote: >> Hi >> >> Never had to log a bug before, hope this is correctly done. >> >> Thanks >> >> Mark >> >> Detail >> >> [1.] One line summary of the problem: >> SCSI tape drive is

RE: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Mark Yeatman
Hi Many Thanks Marcelo, the patch has corrected the fault in our 2.4.29 kernel. Mark -Original Message- From: Marcelo Tosatti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 March 2005 12:04 To: Mark Yeatman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems with SCSI tape

Re: Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:15:42AM -, Mark Yeatman wrote: > Hi > > Never had to log a bug before, hope this is correctly done. > > Thanks > > Mark > > Detail > > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > SCSI tape drive is refusing to rewind after backup to allow verify and > causing

Problems with SCSI tape rewind / verify on 2.4.29

2005-03-02 Thread Mark Yeatman
Hi Never had to log a bug before, hope this is correctly done. Thanks Mark Detail [1.] One line summary of the problem: SCSI tape drive is refusing to rewind after backup to allow verify and causing illegal seek error [2.] Full description of the problem/report: On backup the tape dri