On 01/31/2014 05:43 PM, Jeremy Linton wrote:
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On 1/31/2014 2:46 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
This patch make the tape always non-rewinding when SG_IO is used, thus
allowing udev to get a proper device id for tapes.
Maybe instead of silently changing the behavior, if you just _HAVE_ to open
the st device, add an ioctl or st/mt_op that disables the rewind on close.
That way applications have to explicitly disable the rewind on close.
Okay, that sounds like a better alternative.
Point is for udev we simply _have_ to use the given device node.
And when this happens to be set to rewind on close we're doomed.
I'll be drafting up a patch.
Cheers,
Hannes
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