Ftape bug

[Tony Sumner]

I have a problem with ftape. What happened was that I had a backup on
QIC80 tape that I made from Red Hat 5.2 and I (foolishly?) installed
SuSE 7.0. I then found I could not read the tape with the newer version
of ftape. 

In the Ftape-HOWTO Claus Heine gives a check list of the things I
need to tell you about:

Kernel version: was 2.0.36, now 2.2.16

ftape version: 3.04d

model: Colorado Jumbo DJ-10/DJ-20

bus type: The motherboard has both ISA and PCI slots but I don't 
          think this is relevant because I wrote and read the tape 
          with the older kernel so it is not a matter of ftape not working. 

what I did: I copied tob to the SuSE system and ran it. I didn't recompile
            afio but used the SuSE version. All afio does is call ftape.

what went wrong: tob reported 'No input'. The log in /var/spool/messages
            had a report from ftape to say that it was looking at a 
            new cartridge. An extract from the log is below. It was not
            a new cartridge -- I have been able to read it by reloading
            kernel 2.0.36 and the corresponding version 2.08 of ftape. 

Current kernel: I still have it, and the file ftape.o

Another point: in Red Hat /dev/ftape is a link to /dev/rft0 while in SuSE
it is a link to /dev/qft0; Does that make any difference?

Before I try increasing the tracing level maybe you could let me know
whether this is a new thing or something you know about already. 

Tony Sumner

I am not a subscriber to this mailing list so I was advised to ask
you to Cc any reply to me at [e-mail]
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Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: ftape v3.04d 25/11/97
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: (c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven ([e-mail])
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen ([e-mail])
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: (c) 1996-1997 Claus-Justus Heine ([e-mail])
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020 floppy tape drives
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.2.16
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [000] ftape-init.c (ftape_init) - installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ... .
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [001] ftape-init.c (ftape_init) - ftape_init @ 0xc283a054.
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [002]   ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #1 @ c0917220, dma area @ c0ab8000.
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [003]   ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #2 @ c09172c0, dma area @ c0a80000.
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [004]   ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #3 @ c0917040, dma area @ c09f8000.
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [005]   ftape-calibr.c (time_inb) - inb() duration: 638 nsec.
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [006]  ftape-calibr.c (ftape_calibrate) - TC for `ftape_udelay()' = 840 nsec (at 10239 counts).
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [007]  ftape-calibr.c (ftape_calibrate) - TC for `fdc_wait()' = 1784 nsec (at 5119 counts).
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: zftape for ftape v3.04d 25/11/97
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: (c) 1996, 1997 Claus-Justus Heine ([e-mail])
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: vfs interface for ftape floppy tape driver.
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: Support for QIC-113 compatible volume table, dynamic memory allocation
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: and builtin compression (lzrw3 algorithm).
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.2.16
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [008] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - zft_init @ 0xc2861538.
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [009] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing zftape VFS interface for ftape driver ....
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [010]     fdc-io.c (fdc_config) - fdc base: 0x3f0, irq: 6, dma: 2.
Nov 25 20:23:54 macaulay kernel: [011]     fdc-io.c (fdc_probe) - Type 8272A/765A compatible FDC found.
Nov 25 20:23:56 macaulay kernel: [012]    ftape-ctl.c (ftape_get_drive_status) - status: new cartridge.

etc