TMSCP

Section: Devices and Network Interfaces (4)
Updated: vax
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BSD mandoc
BSD 4.3  

NAME

tmscp - DEC TMSCP magtape interface  

SYNOPSIS

controller tmscp0 at uba? csr 0174500 vector tmscpintr tape tms0 at tmscp0 drive 0  

DESCRIPTION

Tape controllers compatible with the DEC Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol (TMSCP ) architecture such as the TU81 and the TK50 provide a standard tape drive interface as described in mtio(4). The controller communicates with the host through a packet oriented protocol. Consult the file Aq Pa vax/tmscp.h for a detailed description of this protocol.  

DIAGNOSTICS

tmscp controller failed to init.
The controller initialization procedure failed. This probably indicates a hardware problem.

tmscp%d: sa 0%o, state %d.
(Additional status information given after a hard I/O error.) The values of the controller status register and the internal driver state are printed.

tmscp%d: random interrupt ignored.
An unexpected interrupt was received (e.g. when no I/O was pending). The interrupt is ignored.

tmscp%d: interrupt in unknown state %d ignored.
An interrupt was received when the driver was in an unknown internal state. Indicates a hardware problem or a driver bug.

tmscp%d: fatal error (0%o).
The controller detected a ``fatal error'' in the status returned to the host. The contents of the status register are displayed.

OFFLINE.
(Additional status information given after a hard I/O error.) A hard I/O error occurred because the drive was not on-line.

tmscp%d: hard error
tmscp%d: soft error.
These errors precede an interpretation of a TMSCP error message returned by the controller to the host. TMSCP errors may be:

controller error, event 0%o.
host memory access error, event 0%o, addr 0%o.
tape transfer error, unit %d, grp 0x%x, event 0%o.
STI error, unit %d, event 0%o.
STI Drive Error Log, unit %d, event 0%o.
STI Formatter Error Log, unit %d, event 0%o.
unknown error, unit %d, format 0%o, event 0%o.

 

SEE ALSO

mt(1), tar(1), tp(1), mtio(4), tm(4), ts(4), ut(4), dmesg(8)  

HISTORY

The driver appeared in BSD 4.3


 

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