Hi,
I am having problems installing ftape-4.02 under Linux 2.0.27 in a
Pentium Pro box with an Iomega Ditto Max Pro (i.e., with a Ditto Dash card
connected to an ISA slot on the motherboard). Maybe someone else has
had similar problems? Let me tell you what I did:
First of all I patched the floppy.c in the kernel according to the
ftape manual, and recompiled the kernel.
`make' and `make install' worked fine.
However I get an error when trying to install the ftape-internal
module. Here's a transcript of a session (the prompt has the time):
<19:42:07> lsmod
Module: #pages: Used by:
<19:42:09> modprobe ftape
<19:42:12> lsmod
Module: #pages: Used by:
ftape 34 0
<19:42:19> modprobe zftape
<19:42:22> lsmod
Module: #pages: Used by:
zftape 20 0
ftape 34 [zftape] 0
<19:42:24> modprobe ftape-internal
Initialization of ftape-internal failed
ftape: Device or resource busy
<19:42:29>
Meanwhile I got the following messages in /var/log/syslog
Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: ftape v4.02 08/29/98
Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel:
Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: (c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven
Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: (c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel:
Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX
floppy tape drives.
Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.0.27
Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ...
Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: ftape_init @ 0x088451b0.
Jan 21 19:42:29 barney kernel: fdc-internal.c: fdc_internal_register @ 0x0887e70c.
and in /var/log/messages
Jan 21 19:42:22 barney kernel: zftape for ftape v4.02 08/29/98
Jan 21 19:42:29 barney kernel: [000] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_Rb759df83) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 1.
Jan 21 19:42:29 barney kernel: [001] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_Rb759df83) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 2.
Jan 21 19:42:29 barney kernel: [002] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_Rb759df83) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 3.
Notes: I am not using `swapout' since I have sufficient RAM, but I also
===== tried with it with the same result.
I'm using the defaults options in MCONFIG:
82078_DEV=0
FDC_OPT = -DCONFIG_FT_FDC_BASE_$(82078_DEV)=0x370 \
-DCONFIG_FT_FDC_IRQ_$(82078_DEV)=6 \
-DCONFIG_FT_FDC_DMA_$(82078_DEV)=2 \
-DCONFIG_FT_NR_BUFFERS=3 \
-DCONFIG_FT_INT_$(82078_DEV)=1
I also tried the other suggestions (in /etc/modules.conf):
options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x0370 ft_fdc_irq=5 ft_fdc_dma=3
and
options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x0370 ft_fdc_irq=2 ft_fdc_dma=3
with the same results.
The Ditto Dash card is recognised by pnpdump, and I checked in
/proc to make sure that there are no DMA and IRQ conflicts.
Any help would be inmensely appreciated.
Cheers, Jose
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