On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Hauke Fath wrote:

> At 7:33 Uhr +1100 21.3.2002, rmcm@compsoft.com.au wrote:
> >Matthew Jacob writes:
> > >
> > > Interestingly enough, I even *have* such a beast.
> > >
> >
> >Excellent - also, a similar patch (not submitted) is required for
> >SL/7. I can submit if needed.
> 
> ME-TOO.   ;)
> 
> Tandberg SLR4, SLR5, SLR60. There are two distinct issues here for QIC
> derived drives:
> 
> o  support for variable block length (which all the SLR models do just
> fine, and which st(4) does not even read for QIC)

I really have problems with variable mode emulation in QIC drives. I really
think it's a bad idea. I kow lots of people would disagree.

> 
> o  1FM@EOT vs. 2FM@EOT (which is relevant for writing more than one file on
> a tape -- think 'Amanda')
> 
> Matthew, if you are interested, I can send you the patches I use at work
> (and will have to re-apply soon when I upgrade the machine's kernel).


Amanda is broken in lots of interesting ways. Send patches if you like.

The NetBSD driver could probably use the level of effort I put into the
FreeBSD driver- if not more. But, folks, I have a very limited amount of time
to spend on this these days (parenthood struck)- so don't expect *too* much.

-matt