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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-18 22:25:31 +0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-18 22:25:31 +0400 |
| commit | 2cca775baecbfede2fec20c99add709232311fe7 (patch) | |
| tree | b0eefe80881d263ba7976174144ae4e9cf238425 /Documentation/scsi/st.txt | |
| parent | eddeb0e2d863e3941d8768e70cb50c6120e61fa0 (diff) | |
| parent | 94795b61e84994a3b058f92d041d1fb3d869c7d5 (diff) | |
| download | linux-2cca775baecbfede2fec20c99add709232311fe7.tar.xz | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (137 commits)
[SCSI] iscsi: bidi support for iscsi_tcp
[SCSI] iscsi: bidi support at the generic libiscsi level
[SCSI] iscsi: extended cdb support
[SCSI] zfcp: Fix error handling for blocked unit for send FCP command
[SCSI] zfcp: Remove zfcp_erp_wait from slave destory handler to fix deadlock
[SCSI] zfcp: fix 31 bit compile warnings
[SCSI] bsg: no need to set BSG_F_BLOCK bit in bsg_complete_all_commands
[SCSI] bsg: remove minor in struct bsg_device
[SCSI] bsg: use better helper list functions
[SCSI] bsg: replace kobject_get with blk_get_queue
[SCSI] bsg: takes a ref to struct device in fops->open
[SCSI] qla1280: remove version check
[SCSI] libsas: fix endianness bug in sas_ata
[SCSI] zfcp: fix compiler warning caused by poking inside new semaphore (linux-next)
[SCSI] aacraid: Do not describe check_reset parameter with its value
[SCSI] aacraid: Fix down_interruptible() to check the return value
[SCSI] sun3_scsi_vme: add MODULE_LICENSE
[SCSI] st: rename flush_write_buffer()
[SCSI] tgt: use KMEM_CACHE macro
[SCSI] initio: fix big endian problems for auto request sense
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/scsi/st.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scsi/st.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt index b7be95b5bd24..40752602c050 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This file contains brief information about the SCSI tape driver. The driver is currently maintained by Kai Mäkisara (email Kai.Makisara@kolumbus.fi) -Last modified: Mon Mar 7 21:14:44 2005 by kai.makisara +Last modified: Sun Feb 24 21:59:07 2008 by kai.makisara BASICS @@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ the defaults set by the user. The value -1 means the default is not set. The file 'dev' contains the device numbers corresponding to this device. The links 'device' and 'driver' point to the SCSI device and driver entries. +Each directory also contains the entry 'options' which shows the currently +enabled driver and mode options. The value in the file is a bit mask where the +bit definitions are the same as those used with MTSETDRVBUFFER in setting the +options. + A link named 'tape' is made from the SCSI device directory to the class directory corresponding to the mode 0 auto-rewind device (e.g., st0). @@ -372,6 +377,11 @@ MTSETDRVBUFFER MT_ST_SYSV sets the SYSV semantics (mode) MT_ST_NOWAIT enables immediate mode (i.e., don't wait for the command to finish) for some commands (e.g., rewind) + MT_ST_SILI enables setting the SILI bit in SCSI commands when + reading in variable block mode to enhance performance when + reading blocks shorter than the byte count; set this only + if you are sure that the drive supports SILI and the HBA + correctly returns transfer residuals MT_ST_DEBUGGING debugging (global; debugging must be compiled into the driver) MT_ST_SETBOOLEANS |