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@@ -305,53 +305,6 @@ Also for legacy CMD640 host driver (cmd640) you need to use "probe_vlb"
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kernel paremeter to enable probing for VLB version of the chipset (PCI ones
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kernel paremeter to enable probing for VLB version of the chipset (PCI ones
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are detected automatically).
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are detected automatically).
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-================================================================================
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-IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver
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-This driver is a part of the Linux ide driver and works in co-operation
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-with linux/drivers/block/ide.c.
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-The driver, in co-operation with ide.c, basically traverses the
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-request-list for the block device interface. The character device
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-interface, on the other hand, creates new requests, adds them
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-to the request-list of the block device, and waits for their completion.
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-Pipelined operation mode is now supported on both reads and writes.
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-The block device major and minor numbers are determined from the
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-tape's relative position in the ide interfaces, as explained in ide.c.
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-The character device interface consists of the following devices:
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- ht0 major 37, minor 0 first IDE tape, rewind on close.
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- ht1 major 37, minor 1 second IDE tape, rewind on close.
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- ...
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- nht0 major 37, minor 128 first IDE tape, no rewind on close.
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- nht1 major 37, minor 129 second IDE tape, no rewind on close.
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- ...
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-Run /dev/MAKEDEV to create the above entries.
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-The general magnetic tape commands compatible interface, as defined by
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-include/linux/mtio.h, is accessible through the character device.
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-General ide driver configuration options, such as the interrupt-unmask
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-flag, can be configured by issuing an ioctl to the block device interface,
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-as any other ide device.
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-Our own ide-tape ioctl's can be issued to either the block device or
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-the character device interface.
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-Maximal throughput with minimal bus load will usually be achieved in the
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-following scenario:
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- 1. ide-tape is operating in the pipelined operation mode.
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- 2. No buffering is performed by the user backup program.
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Some Terminology
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Some Terminology
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz