Re: st driver doesn't seem to grok LTO partitioning

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Le Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:54:01 +0200 (EET)
Kai Makisara <Kai.Makisara@xxxxxxxxxxx> écrivait:

> I think I found out why it did not work with the default format. At
> the end of this message you find a new patch that should correct
> that. There are also other changes:
> - some changes when specifying the size in the mode page; needed for
> the IBM 3592 drives but should not change results with LTO
> - formatting with one partition is done directly with FORMAT MEDIUM if
>   the drive requires that command
> - some other bugs fixed

Hum, I can't seem to be able to go back to 1 partition, or to reformat
the tape (didn't change it since yesterday), am I missing something?

Dec 30 19:21:29 shakuhachi kernel: st: Version 20151230, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
Dec 30 19:21:29 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi tape st0
Dec 30 19:21:29 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B)

~# mt -f /dev/nst0  mkpartition 0

Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes.
Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Mode sense. Length 11, medium 0, WBS 10, BLL 8
Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Density 5a, tape length: 0, drv buffer: 1
Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Block size: 0, buffer size: 4096 (1 blocks).
Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Rewinding tape.
Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Partition page length is 16 bytes.
Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: PP: max 3, add 1, xdp 1, psum 03, pofmetc 4, rec 03, units 09, sizes: 2543 38
Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Sending FORMAT MEDIUM
Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Error: 8000002, cmd: 4 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st0: Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
Dec 30 19:24:41 shakuhachi kernel: st0: Add. Sense: Position past beginning of medium

~# mt -f /dev/nst0  mkpartition 1

Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes.
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Mode sense. Length 11, medium 0, WBS 10, BLL 8
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Density 5a, tape length: 0, drv buffer: 1
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Block size: 0, buffer size: 4096 (1 blocks).
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Rewinding tape.
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Partition page length is 16 bytes.
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: PP: max 3, add 1, xdp 1, psum 03, pofmetc 4, rec 03, units 09, sizes: 2543 38
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: psd_cnt 2, max.parts 3, nbr_parts 1
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Formatting tape with two partitions (FDP).
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Sent partition page length is 12 bytes. needs_format: 1
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: PP: max 3, add 1, xdp 4, psum 00, pofmetc 4, rec 03, units 00, sizes: 65535 0
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Error: 8000002, cmd: 15 10 0 0 18 0
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st0: Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st0: Add. Sense: Invalid field in parameter list
Dec 30 19:26:12 shakuhachi kernel: st 7:0:0:0: st0: Partitioning of tape failed.







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