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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-18 14:25:31 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-18 14:25:31 -0400
commit2cca775baecbfede2fec20c99add709232311fe7 (patch)
treeb0eefe80881d263ba7976174144ae4e9cf238425 /Documentation
parenteddeb0e2d863e3941d8768e70cb50c6120e61fa0 (diff)
parent94795b61e84994a3b058f92d041d1fb3d869c7d5 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (137 commits) [SCSI] iscsi: bidi support for iscsi_tcp [SCSI] iscsi: bidi support at the generic libiscsi level [SCSI] iscsi: extended cdb support [SCSI] zfcp: Fix error handling for blocked unit for send FCP command [SCSI] zfcp: Remove zfcp_erp_wait from slave destory handler to fix deadlock [SCSI] zfcp: fix 31 bit compile warnings [SCSI] bsg: no need to set BSG_F_BLOCK bit in bsg_complete_all_commands [SCSI] bsg: remove minor in struct bsg_device [SCSI] bsg: use better helper list functions [SCSI] bsg: replace kobject_get with blk_get_queue [SCSI] bsg: takes a ref to struct device in fops->open [SCSI] qla1280: remove version check [SCSI] libsas: fix endianness bug in sas_ata [SCSI] zfcp: fix compiler warning caused by poking inside new semaphore (linux-next) [SCSI] aacraid: Do not describe check_reset parameter with its value [SCSI] aacraid: Fix down_interruptible() to check the return value [SCSI] sun3_scsi_vme: add MODULE_LICENSE [SCSI] st: rename flush_write_buffer() [SCSI] tgt: use KMEM_CACHE macro [SCSI] initio: fix big endian problems for auto request sense ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/st.txt12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
index b7be95b5bd24..40752602c050 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This file contains brief information about the SCSI tape driver.
2The driver is currently maintained by Kai Mäkisara (email 2The driver is currently maintained by Kai Mäkisara (email
3Kai.Makisara@kolumbus.fi) 3Kai.Makisara@kolumbus.fi)
4 4
5Last modified: Mon Mar 7 21:14:44 2005 by kai.makisara 5Last modified: Sun Feb 24 21:59:07 2008 by kai.makisara
6 6
7 7
8BASICS 8BASICS
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ the defaults set by the user. The value -1 means the default is not set. The
133file 'dev' contains the device numbers corresponding to this device. The links 133file 'dev' contains the device numbers corresponding to this device. The links
134'device' and 'driver' point to the SCSI device and driver entries. 134'device' and 'driver' point to the SCSI device and driver entries.
135 135
136Each directory also contains the entry 'options' which shows the currently
137enabled driver and mode options. The value in the file is a bit mask where the
138bit definitions are the same as those used with MTSETDRVBUFFER in setting the
139options.
140
136A link named 'tape' is made from the SCSI device directory to the class 141A link named 'tape' is made from the SCSI device directory to the class
137directory corresponding to the mode 0 auto-rewind device (e.g., st0). 142directory corresponding to the mode 0 auto-rewind device (e.g., st0).
138 143
@@ -372,6 +377,11 @@ MTSETDRVBUFFER
372 MT_ST_SYSV sets the SYSV semantics (mode) 377 MT_ST_SYSV sets the SYSV semantics (mode)
373 MT_ST_NOWAIT enables immediate mode (i.e., don't wait for 378 MT_ST_NOWAIT enables immediate mode (i.e., don't wait for
374 the command to finish) for some commands (e.g., rewind) 379 the command to finish) for some commands (e.g., rewind)
380 MT_ST_SILI enables setting the SILI bit in SCSI commands when
381 reading in variable block mode to enhance performance when
382 reading blocks shorter than the byte count; set this only
383 if you are sure that the drive supports SILI and the HBA
384 correctly returns transfer residuals
375 MT_ST_DEBUGGING debugging (global; debugging must be 385 MT_ST_DEBUGGING debugging (global; debugging must be
376 compiled into the driver) 386 compiled into the driver)
377 MT_ST_SETBOOLEANS 387 MT_ST_SETBOOLEANS