Re: Micro Solutions Backpack PP F-Tape Not detected

[Pierre Jung]

Hello J�rgen,

Thank you for your help.  I tried out both the

1st way: kmod loads needed modules "on demand", i. e. automatically: For this

it is necessary to add some entries to

/etc/conf.modules:

alias char-major-27     zftape.o

options ftape.o ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none ft_tracings=4,4,4,4,4

options bpck-fdc.o ft_fdc_parport=0 ft_fdc_base=0x378 ft_fdc_irq=7

pre-install ftape.o /usr/local/bin/swapout 15

although I am not (yet) very familiar with this method (how is this running under the hood ?), and I also tried the

2nd way: You yourself load the modules manually:

insmod ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none ft_tracings=4,4,4,4,4

insmod zftape

insmod bpck-fdc ft_fdc_parport=0

you proposed kindly for solving this detection problem.  Somehow, it does not want to detect the drive on port 0x378, irq 7 which are set in the BIOS.  Interestingly,in /proc/interrupts, irq 7 DOES NOT APPEAR.  However in /proc/ioports, the unique parallel port appears as 0378-037a : parport 0.  Is there something wrong for not mentionning irq 7 ?  I have no prointer configured.  BTW, the parallel
port recognises perfectly paride devices.

Best regards,
Pierre.

Here is the output:

22:02:48 : ftape v4.03-pre-3 03/28/99
22:02:48 :
22:02:48 : (c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven
22:02:48 : (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
22:02:48 : (c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
22:02:48 :
22:02:48 : QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX floppy tape drives.
22:02:48 : Compiled for Linux version 2.2.5
22:02:48 : installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ...
22:02:48 : ftape_init @ 0xc8050220.
22:02:49 : [000]   ftape-init.c (ftape_build_driver_list) - Found driver bpck-fdc for device 0.
22:03:11 : zftape for ftape v4.03-pre-3 03/28/99
22:03:11 : (c) 1996, 1997 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
22:03:11 : vfs interface for ftape floppy tape driver.
22:03:11 : Support for QIC-113 compatible volume table.
22:03:11 : Compiled for Linux version 2.2.5
22:03:11 : [001]   zftape-init.c (zft_init) - zft_init @ 0xc8085818.
22:03:11 : [002]   zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing zftape VFS interface for ftape driver ....
22:04:13 : bpck-fdc.c: bpck_fdc_register @ 0xc8091d9c
22:04:13 : [003]     fdc-io.c (fdc_driver_in_list) - Driver: bpck-fdc.
22:04:13 : [004] 0 ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) - allocated buffer @ c4076900, 236 bytes.
22:04:13 : [005]    fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for bpck-fdc tape drive slot 0.
22:04:13 : [006] 0  ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) - allocated buffer @ c4011f00, 68 bytes.
22:04:13 : [007] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - called with ftape id 0.
22:04:13 : [008] 0   fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe_one) - base: 0x0378, irq: -1.
22:04:13 : [009] 0    bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck parallel port tape drive interface for ftape v4.03-pre-3 03/28/99.
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22:04:13 : [010] 0      fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_claim) - Unable to grab address 0x0378 for <NULL>.
22:04:13 : [011] 0     bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_grab) - ft_parport_claim(fdc, &bpck->parinfo) failed: -16.
22:04:13 : [012] 0    bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - bpck_fdc_grab(fdc) failed: -16.
22:04:13 : [013] 0  ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kfree) - released buffer @ c4011f00, 68 bytes.
22:04:13 : [014] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - can't find bpck interface for ftape id 0.
22:04:13 : [015] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - ft_parport_probe(fdc, &bpck->parinfo) failed: -16.
22:04:13 : [016] 0 fdc-io.c (fdc_destroy) - destroying fdc 0.
22:04:13 : [017] 0  ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kfree) - released buffer @ c4076900, 236 bytes.
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