From: John Zafiris (zafiris@rtsg.mot.com)
Date: 05/04/93


From: zafiris@rtsg.mot.com (John Zafiris)
Subject: 99pl9 Seagate SCSI tape bug
Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 17:53:41 GMT


I tried to compile the 99pl9 linux kernal with the Seagate SCSI tape
(no disk or CDROM) code but I got an error at the link stage. The
linker complains that _seagate_st0x_biosparams ((sp?) I'm typing this
from memory) is undefined. I did some tinkering to get this to work
since such a function is indeed present but did not have much luck. I
tried to use the seagate SCSI code from 99pl4 (which is what I am
upgrading from) but pl9 has apparently changed quite a bit and the old
code would need alot of work to integrate into the pl9 kernal.
 
Question is:

o Has anybody else seen this?
 
o Is there a Makefile flag that is wrong in the 99pl9 code
   that could be easily corrected to fix this problem?
 
o Is there a small code error that causes this problem that could
   be corrected?
 
o Could I use the SCSI drivers from another patch level to resolve
   this problem? (I don't have a SCSI disk so scatter/gather is not
   important to me). Which revision is recommended?
 
 
thanks for any leads... ...John