Subject: port-i386/567: mt is broken (fails on "mt stat", gives bad error for no tape)
To: None <gnats-admin@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Greywolf -- James Graham <greywolf@autodesk.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/09/1994 13:50:08
>Number:         567
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       mt is broken (fails on "mt stat", gives bad error for no tape)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov  9 13:50:03 1994
>Originator:     
>Organization:
    Autodesk, Inc.
>Release:        1.0
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD deep-thought 1.0 NetBSD 1.0 (DEEP_THOUGHT) #6: Tue Nov 8 10:15:41 PST 1994 greywolf@deep-thought:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/DEEP_THOUGHT i386
Hardware: Compaq DESKPRO/66M
	wd0: IDE drive
	aha0: 1542C/CF detected, unlocking mailbox
	aha0 at isa0 port 0x330-0x333 irq 11 drq 7
	scsibus0 at aha0
	aha0 targ 0 lun 0: <EXABYTE EXB-8500-85Qanx005E0> SCSI2 sequential removable
	st0 at scsibus0: drive empty

>Description:
	"mt -f /dev/nrst0 st" fails with the message:

	mt: unknown tape drive type (7)

	If I do this with /dev/erst0, it takes the drive off line and
	spits out the tape.  /dev/enrst0 behaves identically to /dev/nrst0.

	If I do the mt stat command on a drive which is offline, it
	reports:
	/dev/nrst0: Device busy

	Something is seriously broken here.

>How-To-Repeat:
	mt -f $TAPE st;
	[ For TAPE in the set (/dev/{e,}{n,}{r,}st0 ]
>Fix:
	
>Audit-Trail:
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