i386/91238: USB tape unit fails to write a second tape file to the
no-rewind device.
Steve Davidson
stevedav at sonic..net
Mon Jan 2 12:20:12 PST 2006
>Number: 91238
>Category: i386
>Synopsis: USB tape unit fails to write a second tape file to the no-rewind device.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: freebsd-i386
>State: open
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>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 02 20:20:11 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Steve Davidson
>Release: FreeBSD 5.4 BETA1 (default kernal; no kernel builds)
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD 5.4 BETA1 (default kernal; no kernel builds)
The tape unit is a: Seagate STT6401U2. dmesg lists the unit as:
umass0: Seagate RSS Seagate DiskStor USB, rev 2.00/11.01, addr2
There was a 20/40 Certance tape cartridge in the drive for the test; not
write protected.
This unit is connected via USB2.
>Description:
If you try to write a second tape file to the tape no-rewind device after you have completed the first write, you will get the error messages listed below and you will not get a second tape file.
% tar cvf /dev/nsa0 file ...works
% tar cvf /dev/nsa0 file ...error, as below
% tail -f /var/log/messages
Jan 1 17:46:09 bayside kernel: (sa0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): WRITE FILEMARKS. CDB: 10 0 0 0 2 0
Jan 1 17:46:09 bayside kernel: (sa0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
Jan 1 17:46:09 bayside kernel: (sa0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
Jan 1 17:46:09 bayside kernel: (sa0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:50,0
Jan 1 17:46:09 bayside kernel: (sa0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Write append error
Jan 1 17:46:09 bayside kernel: (sa0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retries Exhausted
Jan 1 17:46:09 bayside kernel: (sa0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): failed to write terminating filemark(s)
Jan 1 17:46:09 bayside kernel: (sa0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command to clear this state.
An 'mt -f /dev/nsa0 rewind' command "unfreezes" the tape for future operations.
Also, an 'mt -f /dev/nsa0 weof' does not appear to create an EOF mark on the tape.
>How-To-Repeat:
Issue two write commands to the '/dev/nsa0' device. E.g. two tar commands to the tape no-rewind device.
% tar cvf /dev/nsa0 file ...works
% tar cvf /dev/nsa0 file ...error
>Fix:
Probably, this is a device driver problem. It could be in the tape unit implementation. Check it out.
>Release-Note:
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