On 2004.04.12 16:49, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 03:40:32PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > > > > module. It was there in ./2.6.4-1.300, it's missing in 305. > > > > What happened to it? > > > > > > it's deprecated > > > > How do I control my tape library robot? AFAIK that is only controlled > > via sg (the other SCSI modules ignore tape robots). > > Use 2.4 or rebuild the kernel. Ditto with ide-scsi, both are needed for > real world hardware. Oh and file a bug, and if it closed re-open it until > you get a working answer. FC2T3 is still missing the ide-scsi module! And filing a bug doesn't work :-( I've had one in bugzilla since February 28, and no reaction whatsoever from the Red Hat kernel packagers... https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=117095 Why not compile ide-scsi? Why inconvenience owners of tape drives that need it? Put it in unsupported for all I care, but compile it, _please_. Willem Riede.
