Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Feb 2004 18:47:11 -0500 | From | Willem Riede <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] remove obsolete onstream support from ide-tape in 2.6.3-rc3 |
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On 2004.02.15 18:32, Paul Jackson wrote: > And another obsolete tape drive goes on my vintage shelf. > > Willem - I notice off SourceForge a note: > > http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=333748 > > Posted By: wriede > Date: 2003-12-01 16:24 > Summary: osst, the Linux OnStream Tape driver now avalable on sf.net > > Following the unfortunate bankruptcy of OnStream, I have now completed > the migration of the osst CVS repository, web site and mailing list to > SourceForge. > > Willem Riede, > osst maintainer. > > How does this relate to your removal of onstream from 2.6? I'm guessing > that you are maintaining onstream in 2.4, but not in 2.6 or beyond. But > that's just a guess.
I am maintaining osst, which is available in both 2.4 and 2.6. It works very well, and the DI-30 is supported by it through ide-scsi. In contrast, onstream code in ide-tape has not been maintained, and is buggy. To ease my work, I want osst to be the only onstream code in the kernel.
So the "obsolete" refers to ide-tape's implementation only, not the drive.
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