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This is an import of the mt-st upstream release 1.1 as it appeared in the Debian archives and on ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/backup.
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This directory contains two programs; mt and stinit. Mt is basically
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a "standard" mt with additional commands to send the ioctls specific
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to the Linux SCSI tape driver. The source supports all SCSI tape
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ioctls up to kernel version 2.6.0 but it can also be compiled in
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kernels >= 2.0.x (and hopefully with 1.2.x). Although this mt program
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is tailored for SCSI tapes, it can also be used with other Linux tape
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drivers using the same ioctls (some of the commands may not work with
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all drivers).
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Stinit is a program to initialize the tape drive characteristics. The
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current version should be considered alpha. See README.stinit for more
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information.
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The files:
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README - This file.
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README.stinit - Information about the stinit program
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COPYING - The GNU Public License
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Makefile - Makefile for programs
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mt.c - The mt source
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mt.1 - The man page for mt
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mtio.h - The tape command definitions
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qic117.h - Needed by mtio.h
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stinit.c - The stinit source
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stinit.8 - The man page for stinit
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stinit.def.examples - example configurations for different devices
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Installation:
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- review the makefile
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- make
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- make install
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Changes in version 1.1:
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- unused defines removed from mtio.h (compiles also with distributions no
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having linux/qic117.h)
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- add support for MT_ST_SILI to mt and stinit
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- add command showoptions for kernels >= 2.6.26
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Changes in version 0.9b:
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- only stinit changed
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Changes in version 0.9:
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- more density codes
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Changes in version 0.8:
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- put man page into /usr/share/man/man1
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- documentation cleanup
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- add some density translations
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- counts can use the k, M, or G postfix
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Changes in version 0.7:
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- add command eject for compatibility with GNU mt (synonym for offline
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and rewoffl)
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- the load and ersae commands accept an argument
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- add CLN (cleaning request) to status
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- add command stsetcln to set the cleaning request recognition options
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- add the flag no-wait to the settable/clearable options
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- some new density codes added
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Changes in version 0.6:
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- uses local mtio.h to include support for the most recent driver
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features even when compiled on a system having old mtio.h
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- on-line and write-protect are checked after some errors and a
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message is printed if the probable error reason is found
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- the tape is opened with flag O_NONBLOCK for commands that are
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useful even when the device is not ready (no tape)
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- some new density codes added for printout
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- OnStream drives using the osst driver recognised
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- the obsolete command 'datcompression' is removed
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- new option --version in mt
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Changes in version 0.5b:
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- corrected the bug that caused the command argument to be ignored if
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option -f was used
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- added #include <errno.h> to stinit.c to enable compilation with glibc
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- density 0x45 (TR-4) added to known density list
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Changes in version 0.5:
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- utility stinit added to package
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- command asf added
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- command datcompression not compiled in default configuration
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- support added for setting timeouts
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- bugs in argument parsing corrected
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- help prints all commands
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- binaries not distributed any more
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- mt code cleaned
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- GNU Public License used for both programs
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Changes in version 0.4:
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- support for the ioctls for partitioned tapes
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- compiles also with 1.2.13
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- the driver options can be specified also with keywords
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- floppy tape type is shown
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- (not working) support for other operating systems removed
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Changes in version 0.3:
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- support for new ioctls
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- accepts hexadecimal numbers with prefix 0x
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- the datcompression command improved (although it is being overrided
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by the command compression using a new ioctl)
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- bus fixes
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April 27, 2008 Kai Makisara (email Kai.Makisara@kolumbus.fi)
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