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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 23.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 24.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 25.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 26.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 27.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 28.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.\" @(#)mtio.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 32.\" $FreeBSD$ 33.\" 34.Dd February 12, 2015 35.Dt MTIO 4 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm mtio 39.Nd FreeBSD magtape interface 40.Sh DESCRIPTION 41The special files 42named 43.Pa /dev/[en]sa* 44refer to SCSI tape drives, 45which may be attached to the system. 46.Pa /dev/sa*.ctl 47are control devices that can be used to issue ioctls to the SCSI 48tape driver to set parameters that are required to last beyond the 49unmounting of a tape. 50.Pp 51The rewind devices automatically rewind 52when the last requested read, write or seek has finished, or the end of the tape 53has been reached. 54The letter 55.Ql n 56is prepended to 57the name of the no-rewind devices. 58The letter 59.Ql e 60is prepended to the name of the eject devices. 61.Pp 62Tapes can be written with either fixed length records or variable length 63records. 64See 65.Xr sa 4 66for more information. 67Two filemarks mark the end of a tape, and 68one filemark marks the end of a tape file. 69If the tape is not to be rewound it is positioned with the 70head in between the two tape marks, where the next write 71will over write the second end-of-file marker. 72.Pp 73All of the magtape devices may be manipulated with the 74.Xr mt 1 75command. 76.Pp 77A number of 78.Xr ioctl 2 79operations are available 80on raw magnetic tape. 81The following definitions are from 82.In sys/mtio.h : 83.Bd -literal 84#ifndef _SYS_MTIO_H_ 85#define _SYS_MTIO_H_ 86 87#ifndef _KERNEL 88#include <sys/types.h> 89#endif 90#include <sys/ioccom.h> 91 92/* 93 * Structures and definitions for mag tape io control commands 94 */ 95 96/* structure for MTIOCTOP - mag tape op command */ 97struct mtop { 98 short mt_op; /* operations defined below */ 99 int32_t mt_count; /* how many of them */ 100}; 101 102/* operations */ 103#define MTWEOF 0 /* write an end-of-file record */ 104#define MTFSF 1 /* forward space file */ 105#define MTBSF 2 /* backward space file */ 106#define MTFSR 3 /* forward space record */ 107#define MTBSR 4 /* backward space record */ 108#define MTREW 5 /* rewind */ 109#define MTOFFL 6 /* rewind and put the drive offline */ 110#define MTNOP 7 /* no operation, sets status only */ 111#define MTCACHE 8 /* enable controller cache */ 112#define MTNOCACHE 9 /* disable controller cache */ 113 114#if defined(__FreeBSD__) 115/* Set block size for device. If device is a variable size dev */ 116/* a non zero parameter will change the device to a fixed block size */ 117/* device with block size set to that of the parameter passed in. */ 118/* Resetting the block size to 0 will restore the device to a variable */ 119/* block size device. */ 120 121#define MTSETBSIZ 10 122 123/* Set density values for device. Sets the value for the opened mode only. */ 124 125#define MTSETDNSTY 11 126 127#define MTERASE 12 /* erase to EOM */ 128#define MTEOD 13 /* Space to EOM */ 129#define MTCOMP 14 /* select compression mode 0=off, 1=def */ 130#define MTRETENS 15 /* re-tension tape */ 131#define MTWSS 16 /* write setmark(s) */ 132#define MTFSS 17 /* forward space setmark */ 133#define MTBSS 18 /* backward space setmark */ 134#define MTLOAD 19 /* load tape in drive */ 135#define MTWEOFI 20 /* write an end-of-file record without waiting*/ 136 137#define MT_COMP_ENABLE 0xffffffff 138#define MT_COMP_DISABLED 0xfffffffe 139#define MT_COMP_UNSUPP 0xfffffffd 140 141/* 142 * Values in mt_dsreg that say what the device is doing 143 */ 144#define MTIO_DSREG_NIL 0 /* Unknown */ 145#define MTIO_DSREG_REST 1 /* Doing Nothing */ 146#define MTIO_DSREG_RBSY 2 /* Communicating with tape (but no motion) */ 147#define MTIO_DSREG_WR 20 /* Writing */ 148#define MTIO_DSREG_FMK 21 /* Writing Filemarks */ 149#define MTIO_DSREG_ZER 22 /* Erasing */ 150#define MTIO_DSREG_RD 30 /* Reading */ 151#define MTIO_DSREG_FWD 40 /* Spacing Forward */ 152#define MTIO_DSREG_REV 41 /* Spacing Reverse */ 153#define MTIO_DSREG_POS 42 /* Hardware Positioning (direction unknown) */ 154#define MTIO_DSREG_REW 43 /* Rewinding */ 155#define MTIO_DSREG_TEN 44 /* Retensioning */ 156#define MTIO_DSREG_UNL 45 /* Unloading */ 157#define MTIO_DSREG_LD 46 /* Loading */ 158 159#endif /* __FreeBSD__ */ 160 161/* structure for MTIOCGET - mag tape get status command */ 162 163struct mtget { 164 short mt_type; /* type of magtape device */ 165/* the following two registers are grossly device dependent */ 166 short mt_dsreg; /* ``drive status'' register */ 167 short mt_erreg; /* ``error'' register */ 168/* end device-dependent registers */ 169 /* 170 * Note that the residual count, while maintained, may be 171 * be nonsense because the size of the residual may (greatly) 172 * exceed 32 K-bytes. Use the MTIOCERRSTAT ioctl to get a 173 * more accurate count. 174 */ 175 short mt_resid; /* residual count */ 176#if defined (__FreeBSD__) 177 int32_t mt_blksiz; /* presently operating blocksize */ 178 int32_t mt_density; /* presently operating density */ 179 uint32_t mt_comp; /* presently operating compression */ 180 int32_t mt_blksiz0; /* blocksize for mode 0 */ 181 int32_t mt_blksiz1; /* blocksize for mode 1 */ 182 int32_t mt_blksiz2; /* blocksize for mode 2 */ 183 int32_t mt_blksiz3; /* blocksize for mode 3 */ 184 int32_t mt_density0; /* density for mode 0 */ 185 int32_t mt_density1; /* density for mode 1 */ 186 int32_t mt_density2; /* density for mode 2 */ 187 int32_t mt_density3; /* density for mode 3 */ 188/* the following are not yet implemented */ 189 uint32_t mt_comp0; /* compression type for mode 0 */ 190 uint32_t mt_comp1; /* compression type for mode 1 */ 191 uint32_t mt_comp2; /* compression type for mode 2 */ 192 uint32_t mt_comp3; /* compression type for mode 3 */ 193/* end not yet implemented */ 194#endif 195 int32_t mt_fileno; /* relative file number of current position */ 196 int32_t mt_blkno; /* relative block number of current position */ 197}; 198 199/* structure for MTIOCERRSTAT - tape get error status command */ 200/* really only supported for SCSI tapes right now */ 201struct scsi_tape_errors { 202 /* 203 * These are latched from the last command that had a SCSI 204 * Check Condition noted for these operations. The act 205 * of issuing an MTIOCERRSTAT unlatches and clears them. 206 */ 207 uint8_t io_sense[32]; /* Last Sense Data For Data I/O */ 208 int32_t io_resid; /* residual count from last Data I/O */ 209 uint8_t io_cdb[16]; /* Command that Caused the Last Data Sense */ 210 uint8_t ctl_sense[32]; /* Last Sense Data For Control I/O */ 211 int32_t ctl_resid; /* residual count from last Control I/O */ 212 uint8_t ctl_cdb[16]; /* Command that Caused the Last Control Sense */ 213 /* 214 * These are the read and write cumulative error counters. 215 * (how to reset cumulative error counters is not yet defined). 216 * (not implemented as yet but space is being reserved for them) 217 */ 218 struct { 219 uint32_t retries; /* total # retries performed */ 220 uint32_t corrected; /* total # corrections performed */ 221 uint32_t processed; /* total # corrections successful */ 222 uint32_t failures; /* total # corrections/retries failed */ 223 uint64_t nbytes; /* total # bytes processed */ 224 } wterr, rderr; 225}; 226 227union mterrstat { 228 struct scsi_tape_errors scsi_errstat; 229 char _reserved_padding[256]; 230}; 231 232struct mtrblim { 233 uint32_t granularity; 234 uint32_t min_block_length; 235 uint32_t max_block_length; 236}; 237 238typedef enum { 239 MT_LOCATE_DEST_OBJECT = 0x00, 240 MT_LOCATE_DEST_FILE = 0x01, 241 MT_LOCATE_DEST_SET = 0x02, 242 MT_LOCATE_DEST_EOD = 0x03 243} mt_locate_dest_type; 244 245typedef enum { 246 MT_LOCATE_BAM_IMPLICIT = 0x00, 247 MT_LOCATE_BAM_EXPLICIT = 0x01 248} mt_locate_bam; 249 250typedef enum { 251 MT_LOCATE_FLAG_IMMED = 0x01, 252 MT_LOCATE_FLAG_CHANGE_PART = 0x02 253} mt_locate_flags; 254 255struct mtlocate { 256 mt_locate_flags flags; 257 mt_locate_dest_type dest_type; 258 mt_locate_bam block_address_mode; 259 int64_t partition; 260 uint64_t logical_id; 261 uint8_t reserved[64]; 262}; 263 264typedef enum { 265 MT_EXT_GET_NONE, 266 MT_EXT_GET_OK, 267 MT_EXT_GET_NEED_MORE_SPACE, 268 MT_EXT_GET_ERROR 269} mt_ext_get_status; 270 271struct mtextget { 272 uint32_t alloc_len; 273 char *status_xml; 274 uint32_t fill_len; 275 mt_ext_get_status status; 276 char error_str[128]; 277 uint8_t reserved[64]; 278}; 279 280#define MT_EXT_GET_ROOT_NAME "mtextget" 281#define MT_DENSITY_ROOT_NAME "mtdensity" 282#define MT_MEDIA_DENSITY_NAME "media_density" 283#define MT_DENSITY_REPORT_NAME "density_report" 284#define MT_MEDIUM_TYPE_REPORT_NAME "medium_type_report" 285#define MT_MEDIA_REPORT_NAME "media_report" 286#define MT_DENSITY_ENTRY_NAME "density_entry" 287 288#define MT_DENS_WRITE_OK 0x80 289#define MT_DENS_DUP 0x40 290#define MT_DENS_DEFLT 0x20 291 292 293#define MT_PARAM_FIXED_STR_LEN 32 294union mt_param_value { 295 int64_t value_signed; 296 uint64_t value_unsigned; 297 char *value_var_str; 298 char value_fixed_str[MT_PARAM_FIXED_STR_LEN]; 299 uint8_t reserved[64]; 300}; 301 302typedef enum { 303 MT_PARAM_SET_NONE, 304 MT_PARAM_SET_SIGNED, 305 MT_PARAM_SET_UNSIGNED, 306 MT_PARAM_SET_VAR_STR, 307 MT_PARAM_SET_FIXED_STR 308} mt_param_set_type; 309 310typedef enum { 311 MT_PARAM_STATUS_NONE, 312 MT_PARAM_STATUS_OK, 313 MT_PARAM_STATUS_ERROR 314} mt_param_set_status; 315 316#define MT_PARAM_VALUE_NAME_LEN 64 317struct mtparamset { 318 char value_name[MT_PARAM_VALUE_NAME_LEN]; 319 mt_param_set_type value_type; 320 int value_len; 321 union mt_param_value value; 322 mt_param_set_status status; 323 char error_str[128]; 324}; 325 326#define MT_PARAM_ROOT_NAME "mtparamget" 327#define MT_PROTECTION_NAME "protection" 328 329/* 330 * Set a list of parameters. 331 */ 332struct mtsetlist { 333 int num_params; 334 int param_len; 335 struct mtparamset *params; 336}; 337 338/* 339 * Constants for mt_type byte. These are the same 340 * for controllers compatible with the types listed. 341 */ 342#define MT_ISTS 0x01 /* TS-11 */ 343#define MT_ISHT 0x02 /* TM03 Massbus: TE16, TU45, TU77 */ 344#define MT_ISTM 0x03 /* TM11/TE10 Unibus */ 345#define MT_ISMT 0x04 /* TM78/TU78 Massbus */ 346#define MT_ISUT 0x05 /* SI TU-45 emulation on Unibus */ 347#define MT_ISCPC 0x06 /* SUN */ 348#define MT_ISAR 0x07 /* SUN */ 349#define MT_ISTMSCP 0x08 /* DEC TMSCP protocol (TU81, TK50) */ 350#define MT_ISCY 0x09 /* CCI Cipher */ 351#define MT_ISCT 0x0a /* HP 1/4 tape */ 352#define MT_ISFHP 0x0b /* HP 7980 1/2 tape */ 353#define MT_ISEXABYTE 0x0c /* Exabyte */ 354#define MT_ISEXA8200 0x0c /* Exabyte EXB-8200 */ 355#define MT_ISEXA8500 0x0d /* Exabyte EXB-8500 */ 356#define MT_ISVIPER1 0x0e /* Archive Viper-150 */ 357#define MT_ISPYTHON 0x0f /* Archive Python (DAT) */ 358#define MT_ISHPDAT 0x10 /* HP 35450A DAT drive */ 359#define MT_ISMFOUR 0x11 /* M4 Data 1/2 9track drive */ 360#define MT_ISTK50 0x12 /* DEC SCSI TK50 */ 361#define MT_ISMT02 0x13 /* Emulex MT02 SCSI tape controller */ 362 363/* mag tape io control commands */ 364#define MTIOCTOP _IOW('m', 1, struct mtop) /* do a mag tape op */ 365#define MTIOCGET _IOR('m', 2, struct mtget) /* get tape status */ 366/* these two do not appear to be used anywhere */ 367#define MTIOCIEOT _IO('m', 3) /* ignore EOT error */ 368#define MTIOCEEOT _IO('m', 4) /* enable EOT error */ 369/* 370 * When more SCSI-3 SSC (streaming device) devices are out there 371 * that support the full 32 byte type 2 structure, we'll have to 372 * rethink these ioctls to support all the entities they haul into 373 * the picture (64 bit blocks, logical file record numbers, etc..). 374 */ 375#define MTIOCRDSPOS _IOR('m', 5, uint32_t) /* get logical blk addr */ 376#define MTIOCRDHPOS _IOR('m', 6, uint32_t) /* get hardware blk addr */ 377#define MTIOCSLOCATE _IOW('m', 5, uint32_t) /* seek to logical blk addr */ 378#define MTIOCHLOCATE _IOW('m', 6, uint32_t) /* seek to hardware blk addr */ 379#define MTIOCERRSTAT _IOR('m', 7, union mterrstat) /* get tape errors */ 380/* 381 * Set EOT model- argument is number of filemarks to end a tape with. 382 * Note that not all possible values will be accepted. 383 */ 384#define MTIOCSETEOTMODEL _IOW('m', 8, uint32_t) 385/* Get current EOT model */ 386#define MTIOCGETEOTMODEL _IOR('m', 8, uint32_t) 387#define MTIOCRBLIM _IOR('m', 9, struct mtrblim) /* get block limits */ 388#define MTIOCEXTLOCATE _IOW('m', 10, struct mtlocate) /* seek to position */ 389#define MTIOCEXTGET _IOWR('m', 11, struct mtextget) /* get tape status */ 390#define MTIOCPARAMGET _IOWR('m', 12, struct mtextget) /* get tape params */ 391#define MTIOCPARAMSET _IOWR('m', 13, struct mtparamset) /* set tape params */ 392#define MTIOCSETLIST _IOWR('m', 14, struct mtsetlist) /* set N params */ 393 394#ifndef _KERNEL 395#define DEFTAPE "/dev/nsa0" 396#endif 397 398#endif /* !_SYS_MTIO_H_ */ 399.Ed 400.Sh FILES 401.Bl -tag -width /dev/[en]sa* -compact 402.It Pa /dev/[en]sa* 403.El 404.Sh SEE ALSO 405.Xr mt 1 , 406.Xr tar 1 , 407.Xr sa 4 408.Sh HISTORY 409The 410.Nm 411manual appeared in 412.Bx 4.2 . 413An i386 version first appeared in 414.Fx 2.2 . 415