Manuel Bouyer writes:
- Anyone else using siop with tape drives ? If so, with which kernel version?

	Yes, I'm using siop on 1.5 with three Exabyte EXB8505
and one Archive Python drives (and changers) on a DEC AlphaPC64.

	Attached is the dmesg output follows:


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    NetBSD 1.5 (SLURPEE) #3: Sat Jan  6 18:07:58 CST 2001
	eric@slurpee:/home/slurpee/eric/work/usr/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/SLURPEE
    Digital AlphaPC 64 274 MHz
    8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
    total memory = 65536 KB
    (2048 KB reserved for PROM, 63488 KB used by NetBSD)
    avail memory = 54912 KB
    using 409 buffers containing 3272 KB of memory
    mainbus0 (root)
    cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21064A-2 (pass 1.1)
    apecs0 at mainbus0: DECchip 21072 Core Logic chipset
    apecs0: DC21071-CA pass 2, 128-bit memory bus
    apecs0: DC21071-DA pass 2
    pci0 at apecs0 bus 0
    pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
    siop0 at pci0 dev 5 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c810 (fast scsi)
    siop0: interrupting at eb64+ irq 2
    scsibus0 at siop0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
    siop1 at pci0 dev 6 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c825 (fast wide scsi)
    siop1: interrupting at eb64+ irq 0
    scsibus1 at siop1: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
    siop2 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c810a (fast scsi)
    siop2: interrupting at eb64+ irq 1
    scsibus2 at siop2: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
    sio0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: Intel 82378ZB System I/O (SIO) (rev. 0x84)
    tlp0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
    tlp0: interrupting at eb64+ irq 3
    tlp0: Ethernet address 00:40:f6:f4:62:83
    tlp0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX
    isa0 at sio0
    com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
    com0: console
    com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
    pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
    wdc0 at isa0 port 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14
    wd0 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0: <IBM-DJNA-351520>
    wd0: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
    wd0: 14664 MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 30033360 sectors
    wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4
    lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf irq 7
    pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
    spkr0 at pcppi0
    isabeep0 at pcppi0
    fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
    fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
    fd1 at fdc0 drive 1: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
    mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70-0x71: mc146818 or compatible
    scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
    siop0: target 0 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
    sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <COMPAQPC, DPES-31080, S31K> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
    siop0: target 0 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
    sd0: 1001 MB, 4903 cyl, 4 head, 104 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2051000 sectors
    scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
    ch0 at scsibus1 target 0 lun 0: <EXABYTE, EXB-480, 3.01> SCSI2 8/changer removable
    ch0: 81 slots, 3 drives, 1 picker, 1 portal
    st0 at scsibus1 target 1 lun 0: <EXABYTE, EXB-85058SQANXR1, 07R0> SCSI2 1/sequential removable
    st0: drive empty
    siop1: target 1 using 8bit transfers
    siop1: target 1 now synchronous at 5.0Mhz, offset 8
    st1 at scsibus1 target 2 lun 0: <EXABYTE, EXB-85058SQANXR1, 0781> SCSI2 1/sequential removable
    st1: drive empty
    siop1: target 2 using 8bit transfers
    siop1: target 2 now synchronous at 5.0Mhz, offset 8
    st2 at scsibus1 target 3 lun 0: <EXABYTE, EXB-85058SQANXR1, 0781> SCSI2 1/sequential removable
    st2: drive empty
    siop1: target 3 using 8bit transfers
    siop1: target 3 now synchronous at 5.0Mhz, offset 8
    scsibus2: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
    st3 at scsibus2 target 2 lun 0: <ARCHIVE, 4586XX 28887-XXX, 0420> SCSI2 1/sequential removable
    st3: drive empty
    siop2: target 2 now synchronous at 5.0Mhz, offset 8
    ch1 at scsibus2 target 2 lun 1: <ARCHIVE, 4586XX 28887-XXX, 0420> SCSI2 8/changer removable
    ch1: 0 slots, 1 drive, 1 picker, 0 portals
    root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
    root file system type: ffs

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