PATCH: Scsi tape fix

Jeff Hittman (jhittman@slip.net)
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:44:54 -0800 (PST)


A recent patch to the scsi tape driver in the 2.0.x kernels also needs to
be included in the 2.1.x series. Please consider it, as without it the
scsi tape is unusuable after an error. Thank you for your consideration.

--- st.c.orig Mon Sep 15 12:47:10 1997
+++ st.c Mon Sep 15 12:47:21 1997
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
STp->buffer = st_buffers[i];
(STp->buffer)->in_use = 1;
(STp->buffer)->writing = 0;
-
+ (STp->buffer)->last_result_fatal = 0;
flags = filp->f_flags;
STp->write_prot = ((flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY);

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Jeff Hittman
jhittman@slip.net
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