[8656] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: reading blocks > 32K with generic device
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ricky Beam)
Mon Apr 17 21:32:03 2000
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:22:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ricky Beam <jfbeam@bluetopia.net>
To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
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On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Matthew Jacob wrote:
>Most mtio type ioctls are already non-portable.
True. That's why I replaced (re-tooled) my mtio.h to match the rest of the
world. I interact with with non-linux machines -- the first time a Sun
box erases a type when you asked for it to be ejected (or viceversa) you'll
get pissed off and put it back like it should be in the first place.
Other systems predate linux by almost 30 years. Linux should not and cannot
ignore the rest of the world.
--Ricky
PS: If you reset the ioctl values, ftape will be broken -- I don't care.
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