2 The compile-time configurable defaults for the Linux SCSI tape driver.
4 Copyright 1995-2003 Kai Makisara.
6 Last modified: Sun Apr 6 22:45:15 2003 by makisara
12 /* The driver does not wait for some operations to finish before returning
13 to the user program if ST_NOWAIT is non-zero. This helps if the SCSI
14 adapter does not support multiple outstanding commands. However, the user
15 should not give a new tape command before the previous one has finished. */
18 /* If ST_IN_FILE_POS is nonzero, the driver positions the tape after the
19 record been read by the user program even if the tape has moved further
20 because of buffered reads. Should be set to zero to support also drives
21 that can't space backwards over records. NOTE: The tape will be
22 spaced backwards over an "accidentally" crossed filemark in any case. */
23 #define ST_IN_FILE_POS 0
25 /* If ST_RECOVERED_WRITE_FATAL is non-zero, recovered errors while writing
26 are considered "hard errors". */
27 #define ST_RECOVERED_WRITE_FATAL 0
29 /* The "guess" for the block size for devices that don't support MODE
31 #define ST_DEFAULT_BLOCK 0
33 /* The tape driver buffer size in kilobytes. Must be non-zero. */
34 #define ST_BUFFER_BLOCKS 32
36 /* The maximum number of tape buffers the driver tries to allocate at
37 driver initialisation. The number is also constrained by the number
38 of drives detected. If more buffers are needed, they are allocated
39 at run time and freed after use. */
40 #define ST_MAX_BUFFERS 4
42 /* Maximum number of scatter/gather segments */
45 /* The number of scatter/gather segments to allocate at first try (must be
46 smaller or equal to the maximum). */
49 /* The size of the first scatter/gather segments (determines the maximum block
50 size for SCSI adapters not supporting scatter/gather). The default is set
51 to try to allocate the buffer as one chunk. */
52 #define ST_FIRST_ORDER 5
55 /* The following lines define defaults for properties that can be set
56 separately for each drive using the MTSTOPTIONS ioctl. */
58 /* If ST_TWO_FM is non-zero, the driver writes two filemarks after a
59 file being written. Some drives can't handle two filemarks at the
63 /* If ST_BUFFER_WRITES is non-zero, writes in fixed block mode are
64 buffered until the driver buffer is full or asynchronous write is
65 triggered. May make detection of End-Of-Medium early enough fail. */
66 #define ST_BUFFER_WRITES 1
68 /* If ST_ASYNC_WRITES is non-zero, the SCSI write command may be started
69 without waiting for it to finish. May cause problems in multiple
71 #define ST_ASYNC_WRITES 1
73 /* If ST_READ_AHEAD is non-zero, blocks are read ahead in fixed block
75 #define ST_READ_AHEAD 1
77 /* If ST_AUTO_LOCK is non-zero, the drive door is locked at the first
78 read or write command after the device is opened. The door is opened
79 when the device is closed. */
80 #define ST_AUTO_LOCK 0
82 /* If ST_FAST_MTEOM is non-zero, the MTEOM ioctl is done using the
83 direct SCSI command. The file number status is lost but this method
84 is fast with some drives. Otherwise MTEOM is done by spacing over
85 files and the file number status is retained. */
86 #define ST_FAST_MTEOM 0
88 /* If ST_SCSI2LOGICAL is nonzero, the logical block addresses are used for
89 MTIOCPOS and MTSEEK by default. Vendor addresses are used if ST_SCSI2LOGICAL
91 #define ST_SCSI2LOGICAL 0
93 /* If ST_SYSV is non-zero, the tape behaves according to the SYS V semantics.
94 The default is BSD semantics. */
97 /* Open without O_NONBLOCK blocks if the drive is not ready (blocking times out
99 #define ST_BLOCKING_OPEN 0
101 /* Time to wait for the drive to become ready if blocking open */
102 #define ST_BLOCK_SECONDS 120