On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:03:43 +0100 Tim Small <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > markh794@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > The table starting at page 48 (Drive Commands) lists each command > > timeout value. > > > > The 'long erase' is the longest at 235minutes. > > This timed out with the timeout at 60 minutes: > > # mt -f /dev/st1 erase > > with: > > st 1:0:3:0: CDB: Erase: 19 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > mptscsih: ioc0: target reset: SUCCESS (sc=ffff8101224c3800) > > I don't know of that corresponds to a long erase or not tho'. AFAIK > it's reasonable with hard disks to erase a disk using "write same", and > that could take hours with large disks, or arrays I assume? > > I'm running the erase again on the underlying device to see how long it > takes.... Looks like st driver's timeout for ERASE is 14000 seconds. st driver has two timeout values (900 and 14000 seconds). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stgt" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
