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Date:      Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:21:07 -0600
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How noisy should ch(4) be ?
Message-ID:  <20020628132107.A4107@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.21.0206280831180.10580-100000@router.ispra.webweaving.org>; from dirkx@webweaving.org on Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 08:36:16AM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSO.4.21.0206280831180.10580-100000@router.ispra.webweaving.org>

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On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 08:36:16 +0000, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
> 
> On a stock 4.5-RELEASE I get *lots* of
> 
> Jun 28 11:37:53 amanda /kernel: ch: warning: could not map element source
> 	address 40384d to a valid element type
> 
> as soon as chio touches the tape changer. 
> 
> How noisy should ch(4) be - is this normal ? Previous experience with a
> SONY DAT library and a seagate was more silent :-)

It probably means the changer is doing something bogus.

Specifically, it has said that the source address for a particular element
is valid, but the source element address doesn't map to any known component
in the changer.  (picker, portal, slot, drive)

You can try several things here:

 - run 'chio ielem' before you do anything.  This may make the changer look
   at what it has, and perhaps figure out that it doesn't really have a
   source addresses for various elements.

 - try moving every tape in the changer to some destination and back.  The
   fastest thing to do, if the changer supports it, would probably be
   moving the tapes to the picker and then back to a slot.

 - comment out the warning in copy_element_status().

 - see if there is updated firmware for the changer.

> Device details:
> 
> camcontrol devlist
> 	<Quantum DLT4000 CD3C>             at scbus0 target 4 lun 0 (pass0,sa0)
> 	<Quantum DLT4000 CD3C>             at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (pass1,sa1)
> 	<HP C1194F 1.03>                   at scbus0 target 6 lun 0 (pass2,ch0)
> 
> dmesg
> 	Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
> 	sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0
> 	sa0: <Quantum DLT4000 CD3C> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device 
> 	sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
> 	sa1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 5 lun 0
> 	sa1: <Quantum DLT4000 CD3C> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device 
> 	sa1: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
> 	ch0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
> 	ch0: <HP C1194F 1.03> Removable Changer SCSI-2 device 
> 	ch0: 3.300MB/s transfers
> 	ch0: 28 slots, 2 drives, 1 picker, 1 portal
> 
> kernel config
> 
> # cat AMANDA
> 	..
> 	device          ahc             # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
> 	device          scbus           # SCSI bus (required)
> 	device          sa              # Sequential Access (tape etc)
> 	device          ch              # SCSI media changers
> 
> thanks !

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org

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