The driver is currently maintained by Kai Mäkisara (email
Kai.Makisara@kolumbus.fi)
-Last modified: Sun Aug 29 18:25:47 2010 by kai.makisara
+Last modified: Tue Feb 9 21:54:16 2016 by kai.makisara
BASICS
specified by MTSEEK. MTSETPART is inactive unless
MT_ST_CAN_PARTITIONS set.
MTMKPART Formats the tape with one partition (argument zero) or two
- partitions (the argument gives in megabytes the size of
- partition 1 that is physically the first partition of the
- tape). The drive has to support partitions with size specified
- by the initiator. Inactive unless MT_ST_CAN_PARTITIONS set.
+ partitions (argument non-zero). If the argument is positive,
+ it specifies the size of partition 1 in megabytes. For DDS
+ drives and several early drives this is the physically first
+ partition of the tape. If the argument is negative, its absolute
+ value specifies the size of partition 0 in megabytes. This is
+ the physically first partition of many later drives, like the
+ LTO drives from LTO-5 upwards. The drive has to support partitions
+ with size specified by the initiator. Inactive unless
+ MT_ST_CAN_PARTITIONS set.
MTSETDRVBUFFER
Is used for several purposes. The command is obtained from count
with mask MT_SET_OPTIONS, the low order bits are used as argument.
with the kernel module parameter debug_flag defaulting to 0. Debugging
can still be switched on and off with an ioctl. To enable debug at
module load time add debug_flag=1 to the module load options, the
-debugging output is not voluminous.
+debugging output is not voluminous. Debugging can also be enabled
+and disabled by writing a '0' (disable) or '1' (enable) to the sysfs
+file /sys/bus/scsi/drivers/st/debug_flag.
If the tape seems to hang, I would be very interested to hear where
the driver is waiting. With the command 'ps -l' you can see the state