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Hello all,
After some reading i came across with the information that there are two possible drivers available for managing IBM tape libraries under Linux. One is the IBMTape driver, which according to the docs is the most mature driver and is closed source, and then there is a new(er) one, called lin_tape which is supposed to be open-source.
Having to try an install on a non-supported distribution, i got very excited with these news, but unfortunatly i can't seem to find the source code for the lin_tape driver anywhere, so that i can compile against a non RH/SLES "factory" kernel.
Can anyone please point me out where i can find the source code for lin_tape?
Just for the record, the follwing text is from the IBM_Tape_Driver_IUG.pdf, available at ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Doc.
"The lin_tape device driver is the new device driver for the Linux 2.6 kernels to replace the closed-source driver IBMtape."
It even has its own index entry in that document.
"Open Source Device Driver - lin_tape . . . . .118"
Kind regards,
Hugo Monteiro.
After some reading i came across with the information that there are two possible drivers available for managing IBM tape libraries under Linux. One is the IBMTape driver, which according to the docs is the most mature driver and is closed source, and then there is a new(er) one, called lin_tape which is supposed to be open-source.
Having to try an install on a non-supported distribution, i got very excited with these news, but unfortunatly i can't seem to find the source code for the lin_tape driver anywhere, so that i can compile against a non RH/SLES "factory" kernel.
Can anyone please point me out where i can find the source code for lin_tape?
Just for the record, the follwing text is from the IBM_Tape_Driver_IUG.pdf, available at ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Doc.
"The lin_tape device driver is the new device driver for the Linux 2.6 kernels to replace the closed-source driver IBMtape."
It even has its own index entry in that document.
"Open Source Device Driver - lin_tape . . . . .118"
Kind regards,
Hugo Monteiro.
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