From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 14:48:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 14:47:53 -0500 Received: from harpo.it.uu.se ([130.238.12.34]:23202 "EHLO harpo.it.uu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 14:47:49 -0500 Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:47:45 +0100 (MET) From: Mikael Pettersson Message-Id: <200203231947.UAA23134@harpo.it.uu.se> To: jmacbaine@yahoo.de Subject: Re: ftape status in 2.4 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 17:50:59 +0100 (CET), jmacbaine@yahoo.de wrote: >Is there currently a working version of ftape for >2.4 kernels? The actual version look like it will >only work with 2.2 kernels. The one included in current 2.4 kernels should still work for most ftape hardware. 2.5 has a minor but fixable compile problem due to the virt_to_bus() interface change. >Does nobody use those drives anymore? They're not exactly popular, but I still use my old Seagate/Conner TR-3 unit on a remote server. /Mikael