Patch-ID# 107460-07
Keywords: st Magstar auto eject ioctl uscsigetrqs MLR-3 SLR-5
Synopsis: SunOS 5.7: st driver patch
Date: Apr/26/00

Solaris Release: 7

SunOS Release: 5.7

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 107461

Topic: SunOS 5.7: st driver patch

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BugId's fixed with this patch: 4166568 4166574 4166583 4194536 4206636 4208102 4211607 4249628 4252890 4260046 4265521 4270641 4274852 4278708 4291898 4319238 

Changes incorporated in this version: 4270641 4319238

Relevant Architectures: sparc

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:  

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch:

/kernel/drv/st
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/st
/kernel/drv/st.conf
/usr/include/sys/mtio.h
/usr/include/sys/scsi/impl/uscsi.h
/usr/include/sys/scsi/targets/stdef.h

Problem Description:

4270641 DDS-4 Native st driver support not in Solaris 7
4319238 change comment to reflect the fact that HP and Sun DDS-4 drives are identical

(from 107460-06)

4274852 st driver has typo that stops reservation release in st_open on errors.
4291898 remove comments deemed redundant

(from 107460-05)

4194536 st driver uses buf after it has called biodone on the buf.
4260046 st driver needs to remove check for geterror before biowait in
4265521 Mammoth EXB-8900 entry in st.conf has wrong parameter.

(from 107460-04)

4252890 Add support in st for StorageTek 9840 tape drive
4278708 Set ST_KNOWS_EOD by default for StorageTek 9840 tape drives
4249628 scsi error in transport & dat DDS2 & 103934-09.

(from 107460-03)

4211607 Tandberg MLR-3 cannot be recognized on Solaris 7
4206636 Tandberg SLR-5(QIC tape device) cannot be used on Solaris 7

(from 107460-02)

4208102 st: implement the "uscsigetrqs" ioctl
4166574 st: new ioctl to acquire the status of clean bit

(from 107460-01)

4166583 PSARC/1998/366: deferred error handling
4166568 PSARC/1998/366: sense tape positioning problems and auto 
        eject the tape

Patch Installation Instructions:
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