Hello,
I am trying to get a Micro Solutions Backpack "Floppy" Tape drive to work
on the parallel port interface (SuSE Linux 6.1). I first tried to compile
the latest stable version (ftape-4_03-pre-2.tar.gz) of FTape, in which
parallel port support for Micro Solutions BP-"floppy" tape drives is
mentioned.
I got two "undefined symbol" errors (timeout from struct current) in
fdc-io.c. Thereafter, I took the *latest beta* on the FTape site, which
compiled perfectly but does not "see" the drive on the parallel port when
"inserting" the modules with the script provided in the modules directory
(returns 0xF8 instead of the expected 0xC0 or 0x40, exactly the same also
happens when no drive is connected to the port (parallel port 1, 0x378 /
irq7). I got the same behaviour on two different computers, one with an old
SPP and a newer one with a EPP-32 parallel port. Although the connection
and the drive are O.K. You will find the correspondig messages below, in
the section with ++++++++++++++'s.
Would you have a further hint for making FTape discovering the connected
parallel port "floppy" tape drive ?
Thank you for your reply,
Best regards,
Pierre.
May 24 19:27:45 u292_1 kernel: ftape v4.03-pre-2 11/05/98
May 24 19:27:45 u292_1 kernel:
May 24 19:27:45 u292_1 kernel: (c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven
May 24 19:27:45 u292_1 kernel: (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
May 24 19:27:45 u292_1 kernel: (c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
May 24 19:27:45 u292_1 kernel:
May 24 19:27:45 u292_1 kernel: QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto
2GB/MAX floppy tape drives.
May 24 19:27:45 u292_1 kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.0.33
May 24 19:27:45 u292_1 kernel: installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware
drive ...
May 24 19:27:45 u292_1 kernel: ftape_init @ 0x048221e0.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: zftape for ftape v4.03-pre-2 11/05/98
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: (c) 1996, 1997 Claus-Justus Heine
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: vfs interface for ftape floppy tape driver.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: Support for QIC-113 compatible volume table.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.0.33
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: [000] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - zft_init @
0x04858a40.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: [001] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing
zftape VFS interface for ftape driver ....
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: [002] zftape-init.c (zft_init) -
register_chrdev(ft_major_device_number, "zft", &zft_cdev) failed: -16.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: fdc-internal.c: fdc_internal_register @
0x04849a50.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: [003] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 0.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: [004] 0 fdc-internal.c (_fdc_int_detect) -
called with count 0.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: [005] 0 fdc-internal.c
(fdc_int_request_regions) - address 0x3f0 occupied (by floppy driver?),
using it anyway.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: [006] 0 fdc-internal.c (_fdc_int_detect) -
fdc[0] base: 0x0210, irq: 6, dma: 0.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: [007] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) -
buffer nr #1 @ 02225998, dma area @ 00f90000.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: [008] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) -
buffer nr #2 @ 02225d18, dma area @ 00f88000.
May 24 19:27:47 u292_1 kernel: [009] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) -
buffer nr #3 @ 02225018, dma area @ 00f80000.
May 24 19:27:48 u292_1 kernel: trakker.c: trakker_register @ 0x0484f920
May 24 19:27:48 u292_1 kernel: [010] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
trakker tape drive slot 1.
May 24 19:27:48 u292_1 kernel: [011] 1 trakker.c (trakker_checksum) -
checksum error (off by eb).
May 24 19:27:48 u292_1 kernel: [012] 1 trakker.c (trakker_checksum) -
checksum error (off by eb).
May 24 19:27:48 u292_1 kernel: [013] 1 trakker.c (trakker_checksum) -
checksum error (off by eb).
May 24 19:27:48 u292_1 kernel: [014] 1 trakker.c (trakker_checksum) -
checksum error (off by eb).
May 24 19:27:48 u292_1 kernel: [015] 1 trakker.c (trakker_probe) - Unable
to grab address 0x3bc for ftape driver.
May 24 19:27:48 u292_1 kernel: [016] 1 trakker.c (trakker_detect) - can't
find trakker interface for ftape id 1.
May 24 19:27:48 u292_1 kernel: [017] 1 trakker.c (trakker_detect) -
ft_parport_probe(fdc, &trakker->parinfo) failed: -6.
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: bpck-fdc.c: bpck_fdc_register @ 0x0485a000
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [018] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
bpck-fdc tape drive slot 1.
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [019] 1 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck
parallel port tape drive interface for ftape v4.03-pre-2 11/05/98.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [020] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_query_proto) -
Got 0xf8, expected either 0xc0 or 0x40.
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [021] 1 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck
parallel port tape drive interface for ftape v4.03-pre-2 11/05/98.
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [022] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_query_proto) -
Got 0xf8, expected either 0xc0 or 0x40.
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [023] 1 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck
parallel port tape drive interface for ftape v4.03-pre-2 11/05/98.
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [024] 1 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_claim) -
Unable to grab address 0x03bc for <NULL>.
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [025] 1 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_grab) -
ft_parport_claim(fdc, &bpck->parinfo) failed: -16.
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [026] 1 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) -
bpck_fdc_grab(fdc) failed: -16.
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [027] 1 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - can't
find bpck interface for ftape id 1.
May 24 19:27:49 u292_1 kernel: [028] 1 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) -
ft_parport_probe(fdc, &bpck->parinfo) failed: -6.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
May 24 19:47:28 u292_1 kernel: bpck module successfully unloaded.
May 24 19:47:37 u292_1 kernel: trakker successfully unloaded.
May 24 19:48:43 u292_1 kernel: [029] 0 ftape-buffer.c (del_one_buffer) -
releasing buffer nr #3 @ 02225018, dma area @ 00f80000.
May 24 19:48:43 u292_1 kernel: [030] 0 ftape-buffer.c (del_one_buffer) -
releasing buffer nr #2 @ 02225d18, dma area @ 00f88000.
May 24 19:48:43 u292_1 kernel: [031] 0 ftape-buffer.c (del_one_buffer) -
releasing buffer nr #1 @ 02225998, dma area @ 00f90000.
May 24 19:48:43 u292_1 kernel: fdc_internal successfully unloaded.
May 24 19:48:43 u292_1 kernel: ftape: unloaded.
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