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SubjectRe: [PATCH] remove obsolete onstream support from ide-tape in 2.6.3-rc3
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.

Regards, Willem Riede.
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