How does it interact with the rest of the SCSI framework? Does it sit
above the sgen layer? Or uscsi, or something else? (This is just
wanted for completeness, I think.)
-- Garrett
Mark Carlson wrote:
> I am sponsoring this case for Chris Liu. It requests a Patch binding and
> times out on 7/24/2008.
>
> -- mark
>
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI
> This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> MTX 1.3.11
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> Author: Chris Liu
> 1.3 Date of This Document:
> 17 July, 2008
> 2. Project Summary
> 2.1. Project Description
>
> This project introduces the package of MTX 1.3.11, a set of media
> changer tools into the SFW consolidation.
>
> 4. Technical Description
>
> MTX is a set of low level driver programs to control features of SCSI
> backup related devices such as autoloaders, tape changers, media
> jukeboxes, and tape drives. It can also report much data, including
> serial numbers, maximum block sizes, and TapeAlert? messages that most
> modern tape drives implement, as well as do raw SCSI READ and WRITE
> commands to tape drives. MTX is designed to be a low level driver in
> a larger scripted backup solution, such as Bacula or Amanda. MTX is
> not
> supposed to itself be a high level interface to the SCSI devices that
> it controls.
>
> 5. Interfaces
>
> Exported interface Classification Interface type
> =============================== ============== ==============
> SUNWmtx Uncommitted Package name
> /usr/sbin/mtx Uncommitted Command
> /usr/sbin/tapeinfo Uncommitted Command
> /usr/sbin/loaderinfo Uncommitted Command
> /usr/sbin/scsitape Uncommitted Command
> /usr/sbin/scsieject Uncommitted Command
> /usr/sbin/nsmhack Uncommitted Command
> /usr/share/man/man1/mtx.1 Uncommitted manpage
> /usr/share/man/man1/tapeinfo.1 Uncommitted manpage
> /usr/share/man/man1/loaderinfo.1 Uncommitted manpage
> /usr/share/man/man1/scsitape.1 Uncommitted manpage
> /usr/share/man/man1/scsieject.1 Uncommitted manpage
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> SFW
> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
>
