Status: RELEASED

Patch Id: 103857-17

Summary: SunOS 5.5.1: /kernel/drv/st patch

Date:  Jun/02/00

Installation Requirements:

Solaris Release: 2.5.1

Sun OS Release: 5.5.1

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: 

Topic: 

SunOS 5.5.1: /kernel/drv/st patch

	NOTE:  Refer to Special Install Instructions section for 
               IMPORTANT specific information on this patch.

Relevant Architecture: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch:

1243463 1249597 1251299 1253089 4016760 4023446 4023447 4023448 4024394 4029407 4043309 4049967 4051967 4056076 4063655 4077503 4083345 4088177 4089672 4090494 4095719 4101036 4167555 4194536 4249628 4265521 4270641 4314245 4319238

Changes incorporated in this version:

4314245

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

Obsoleted by:

Files Included in this Patch: 

/kernel/drv/st
/kernel/drv/st.conf
/usr/bin/mt
/usr/include/sys/mtio.h
/usr/include/sys/scsi/targets/stdef.h
/usr/lib/adb/scsi_tape

Problem Description: 

4314245 Entry for DLT4700 is wrong in st.conf of patch# 103857-15

(from 103857-16)

4270641 DDS-4 Native st driver support not in Solaris 8 (or 2.5-7)
4319238 Change comment to reflect the fact that HP and Sun DDS-4 drives are identical

(from 103857-15)

4194536 st driver uses buf after it has called biodone on the buf.
4249628 scsi error in transport & dat DDS2 & 103934-09.
4265521 Mammoth EXB-8900 entry in st.conf has wrong parameter.

(from 103857-14)

4167555 st: Can't write EOF past LEOT on 4mm  Archive Python

(from 103857-13)

4101036 st driver writes EOM on beginning of tape after reset.
4090494 incorrect st-driver behavior on scsi-bus resets

(from 103857-12)

4095719 entries from patch 103857-08 in st.conf are not 100% correct

(from 103857-11)

4088177 compression does not work on IBM 3590 Magstar (B1A) tape drives
4089672 st still prints error messages when USCSI_SILENT is set on 2.5/2.5.1/2.6

(from 103857-10)

4083345 st_minphys should adjust the bcount to the whole multiple of block size.
4077503 Add SLR5 entry to st_conf.c file.

	Bugfix 4077503 was reworked because of firmware changes.

(from 103857-09)

4077503 Add SLR5 entry to st_conf.c file.
4063655 mt needs to report correct tape drive info on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5.1 Hardware Release.
4023447 st driver should return ENOMEM in case of overlength reads

(from 103857-08)

4043309 6230A exabyte 8mm tape drive hangs on Enterprise servers after one use.
4051967 mammoth 20-40gb tape drive not recognized by mt, tar, ufsrestore commands

(from 103857-07)

4056076 St.conf entries required for current tape drives (DDS3, DLT, QIC, ETL libs)

(from 103857-06)

1243463 Dat under Solaris 2.5 reports Soft error rate
1253089 Multiple opens allowed on tape device in O_NDELAY mode

(from 103857-05)

4023446 st driver should use SILI bit when doing reads
4023447 st driver should return ENOMEM in case of overlength reads
4023448 st driver - tape positioning at EOT
4024394 st driver needs to provide support for short filemarks on Exabyte Drives.
4049967 Installation of Solaris 2.5.1 HWP 4/97 does not work with STK 9490

(from 103857-04)

	st driver recranked due to changes in usr/src/uts/sun/Makefile.files.

(from 103857-03)

4029407 st contains old CrayBSD #ifdef - potential panic
1249597 resync scsi drivers with CRAY

(from 103857-02)

4016760 st device driver hangs when buffered writes are enabled.

(from 103857-01)

1251299 2.5.1 st driver does not position 1st file on non-rewind tape correctly

Revision History: 

103857-15 103857-13 103857-07 103857-04 103857-12 103857-01 103857-14 103857-08 103857-16

Patch Installation Instructions: 

-------------------------------- 
Refer to the Install.info file within the patch for instructions on
using the generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided
with each patch.  Any other special or non-generic installation
instructions should be described below.

Special Install Instructions: 

-----------------------------

For more information on st driver and mtio, please refer to the following
files shipped with this patch:

	ST_MANPAGE	manpage on driver for SCSI tape devices
	MTIO_MANPAGE	manpage on general magnetic tape interface

	NOTE:   The file /kernel/drv/st.conf will be overwritten by this
                patch.  If you've made any changes or customizations to
                this file, make sure to apply these changes back after
                the patch installation.

Reboot the system after patch installation.