Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 17:25:06 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Diehl <joed@engg.ksu.edu> To: trangmar@gnsnet.com (Robert Trangmar) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ft (Qic 40/80) Message-ID: <199512032325.RAA26917@gandalf.me.ksu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951202005247.6825B-100000@flatline.gnsnet.com> from "Robert Trangmar" at Dec 2, 95 00:59:15 am
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As Robert Trangmar wrote: > > > Does anyone know why this this wasn't written as a *complete* tape driver? > It would be really useful for me to have this as a device i could use > dump and tar on and i am considering looking further into it with a view > to enhancing it to do just that. > Just thought i'd cast around to see if anyone had any input before i > expended/wasted valuable time. > > Thanks in advance, > > RobT > In about two weeks (end of the semester), I will be starting a complete rewrite of the ft driver in order to accomplish the following tasks: o Make the ft driver one driver fully compatible with the SCSI tape driver (unless absolutely impossible), and therefore other programs, such as mt. o Update support to add Wide, and Travan tapes... Essentially bringing the driver up to date with the current revisions of QIC-40 / QIC-80 / QIC-3010 / QIC-3020. o Complete new structure Please note that the initial release of the driver will require compliance with QIC-117 Rev. C or higher. It is unknown which drives will be effected by this; however, I know that some Colorado Jumbo 250 tapes will not work, initially. I hope to allow the driver to work with all drivers (QIC-117 Rev. A or higher) before any major release of the driver. Also note that my only FreeBSD machine is a production box, so I am currently running FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE... Perhaps the driver will simply snap into place in -current, or maybe it will require some updating. Just be aware of this matter. I am also looking for potential testers for pre-release versions of the driver. Again, I am running 2.1R, so it may be beneficial to be running the same version of the o/s (although it would be interesting to see how well the driver works under -stable or -current. If you are interested, please send or name, e-mail address, version of FreeBSD, and type of tape drive to joed@freebsd.org. BTW- I will probably be losing my current Internet access, so the bellow listed address may become invalid without notice. Please use my address on Freefall for any mail (joed@freebsd.org). At the very least, I will be able to open a telnet session to freefall to check e-mail. --- Joe Diehl <joed@engg.ksu.edu> Engineering Computing Center Kansas State University
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