Re: ftape 4.0x and Kernel 2.4.x

Steven Walter (srwalter@yahoo.com)
Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:48:58 -0500

On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 11:10:04AM -0700, wolfgang buesser wrote:
> What is the status of the integration of ftape 4.0x
> into kernel 2.4.x?
>
> I am using a Conner 3200 MB Travan 3 Streamer which
> does not work properly with ftape 3.04.
> I tried to compile ftape4.04a into kernel 2.4.9
> using gcc 2.96 and libc-2.2.2 but get tons of errors
> (the patch by stephen walter does not work either).
>
> Any advise ?

This looks to be caused, at least in part, by the new in-kernel min/max
macros, which ftape wasn't intended to use.

I'm not sure what the development status is of ftape. Perhaps a
newer/CVS version is availible that is more in-sync with the current
kernel tree?

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-Steven
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