Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 00:27:21 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 24786] missing FILES descriptions in sa(4) Message-ID: <bug-24786-9-2aBuVifjkS@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-24786-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-24786-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D24786 Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@FreeBSD.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |doc@FreeBSD.org Component|Documentation |Manual Pages Assignee|doc@FreeBSD.org |bugs@FreeBSD.org Resolution|--- |Overcome By Events CC| |gonzo@FreeBSD.org Status|Open |Closed --- Comment #7 from Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@FreeBSD.org> --- Closing as "Overcome by events" since mode devices were removed in r279219: o The extra sa(4) /dev entries (/dev/saN.[0-3]) have been removed. The extra devices were originally added as place holders for density-specific device nodes. Some OSes (NetBSD, NetApp's OnTap and Solaris) have had device nodes that, when you write to them, will automatically select a given density for particular tape drives. This is a convenient way of switching densities, but it was never implemented in FreeBSD. Only the device nodes were there, and that sometimes confused users. For modern tape devices, the density is generally not selectable (e.g. with LTO) or defaults to the highest availble density when the tape is rewritten from BOT (e.g. TS11X0). So, for most users, density selection won't be necessary. If they do need to select the density, it is easy enough to use 'mt density' to change it. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug.=
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