OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 114243-03
Keywords: vid/pid st_make_command st exb-8900
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 114243-04 SunOS 5.9_x86: st driver Patch
Date: May/29/2003


Install Requirements: None                      
                      
Solaris Release: 9_x86

SunOS Release: 5.9_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 113324

Topic: SunOS 5.9_x86: st driver Patch

Relevant Architectures: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4027074 4336105 4412239 4728530 4734019 4734033 4756712 4761337 4774943 4804362

Changes incorporated in this version: 4804362

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/kernel/drv/st
/usr/include/sys/mtio.h
/usr/include/sys/scsi/targets/stdef.h

Problem Description:

4804362 ** EBS 7.0 rev 253 ** Tape positioning by record is disabled when using LTO gen2
 
(from 114243-02)
 
4774943 st driver holding mutex while calling delay is warlock err
4761337 st: st doesn't check Data Compression Capable before enabling Data Compression
4756712 LTO-2 from IBM support required in native 'st' driver
 
(from 114243-01)
 
4412239 I/O error when trying to move just after a write on a Mammoth EXB-8900 8mm
4734019 st copy of vid/pid could go out of bounds if not NULL terminated.
4734033 st: there paths in st_make_command() that the local fixbit could be unset.
4728530 Need 'st' driver support for LTO Generation 2 from HP
4027074 mt -f device erase does not work on dlt, fails after a period of time  i/o error
4336105 sys/scsi/targets/stdef.h requires separate manual inclusions

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
 
For Solaris 7-9 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 104945-02
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.

Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------
 
None.

README -- Last modified date:  Wednesday, December 10, 2003

