Subject: Re: mt load?
To: Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
From: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/05/2006 09:13:57
On 5/5/06, Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com> wrote:
> I don't think so; mt(1) doesn't mention load and the program doesn't
> recognize it. I had no idea most tape drives could do this.
>
> If load is a standard SCSI command, it should be fairly easy to add
> support in sys/mtio.h and st(4), and then mt(1). I'd like this
> feature, so if you make a patch I'll review it and commit it if it's
> reasonable.
(sorry, didn't copy the list)
Not all drives are going to be able to support that, just make sure
there's a good error path I guess.
Andy