tlug: Re: ftape with Trakker parallel port

[Tony Laszlo <laszlo@example.com>]

TLuggers, 

I have recompiled the kernel in order to use parport as 
a module. Now, parport, ftape, zftape and trakker all 
are modules and all respond to the insmod 
with no errors. 
However, trakker still fails to find parport (or parport 
is not finding its place in life), it seems. 
Below are the relevant lines from lsmod , /etc/conf.modules
and the /var/log/messages . 

The machine is an IBM Aptiva 486 running a 2.2.9 kernel . 
ftape is 4.02 from www.linuxtapecert.org/ . 

Your advice is much appreciated. 



lsmod :

Module                  Size  Used by
trakker                15028   0 
zftape                 89580  -1  (unused)
ftape                 149016   0  [trakker zftape]
parport                 7284   0  (unused)

lsmod after insmod-ing parport_pc (trakker still couldn't find parport) : 

Module                  Size  Used by
trakker                15028   0 
zftape                 89580  -1  (unused)
ftape                 149016   0  [trakker zftape]
parport_pc              5876   0  (unused)
parport                 7284   0  [parport_pc]


/etc/conf.modules : 

alias char-major-27       zftape
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=trakker,none,none,none
# options ft_fdc_base=0x180 ft_fdc_irq=9 ft_fdc_dma=3
# pre-install ftape-internal /sbin/swapout 16

/var/log/messages : 

Jun 13 11:26:35 net kernel: QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX
 floppy tape drives. 
Jun 13 11:26:35 net kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.2.9 
Jun 13 11:26:35 net kernel: installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ...  
Jun 13 11:26:35 net kernel: ftape_init @ 0xc481b220. 
Jun 13 11:26:37 net kernel: zftape for ftape v4.03-pre-4 06/30/99 
Jun 13 11:26:37 net kernel: (c) 1996, 1997 Claus-Justus Heine (claus@example.com
wth-aachen.de) 
Jun 13 11:26:37 net kernel: vfs interface for ftape floppy tape driver. 
Jun 13 11:26:37 net kernel: Support for QIC-113 compatible volume table. 
Jun 13 11:26:37 net kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.2.9 with versioned symb
ols 
Jun 13 11:26:37 net kernel: [000]   zftape-init.c (zft_init) - zft_init @ 0xc485
19b0. 
Jun 13 11:26:37 net kernel: [001]   zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing zftape
 VFS interface for ftape driver .... 
Jun 13 11:26:42 net kernel: trakker.c: trakker_register @ 0xc485ade0 
Jun 13 11:26:42 net kernel: [002]    fdc-io.c (fdc_register_R7d7204fe) - Probing
 for trakker tape drive slot 0. 
Jun 13 11:26:42 net kernel: [003] 0   fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe_one) - bas
e: 0x0378, irq: -1. 
Jun 13 11:26:42 net kernel: [004] 0       trakker.c (read_mem_ps2) - checksum er
ror. 
Jun 13 11:26:42 net kernel: [005] 0        trakker.c (read_mem_spp) - checksum e
rror. 
Jun 13 11:26:42 net kernel: [006] 0        trakker.c (trakker_checksum) - checks
um error (off by 20). 

[deletia]

Jun 13 11:26:42 net kernel: [158] 3 trakker.c (trakker_detect) - can't find trak
ker interface for ftape id 3. 
Jun 13 11:26:42 net kernel: [159] 3 trakker.c (trakker_detect) - ft_parport_prob
e(fdc, &trakker->parinfo) failed: -6. 
Jun 13 11:27:42 net kernel: [160]   zftape-init.c (cleanup_module) - successful.










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