Subject: Re: tape drive on siop causes pauses
To: Chris Jones <chris@cjones.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: current-users
Date: 01/10/2001 16:38:15
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 04:59:11PM -0700, Chris Jones wrote:
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr> writes:
>
> > Anyone else using siop with tape drives ? If so, with which kernel version ?
>
> I'm having a nearly inverse problem: Certain operations (like
> switching into X) while using my tape changer cause the machine to
> hang. I've got a pr open, but I haven't had a chance to do any of the
> additional investigation that needs to be done. Using a 1.5_ALPHA2
> kernel.
Could you try a 1.5.1_ALPHA kernel ? I added tagged queuing support to
siop, which as a side effect fixed a few problems.
--
Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
--