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-*- Text -*-
Hello,
This is the first alpha test release of ftape, a QIC-40/80 device
driver. Below are some general instructions and hints on how to
proceed.
Please direct questions about the driver that you feel other testers
should read to
tape-alpha@gnu.ai.mit.edu
I can be reached at either dbrown@ucsd.edu, or dbrown@gnu.ai.mit.edu.
- I recommend starting by looking in the vd directory. Although the
code is scattered, and probably not that portable, it might be very
helpful to get the dynamic loading working with your os. If you have
any success here, please send my anything you did to make it work.
Also, feel free to ask questions about this.
- The next thing to work on is the driver. Theoretically, you should
only have to change kernel-interface.c to support a different os, but
I know this is not true. The program userft should help get the thing
running. It provides simple access to some commands. I don't
recommend working on this stuff with a tape that has data you care
about on it. Note that the memory mapping stuff in the
kernel-interface.c is not used by anything now, so you don't need to
make it work.
- Once (and if) you get the driver working, you can then tackle the
qic program. This should be a lot easier to port.
- Let me know how things work.
When you report changes, I prefer either context or unidiff files.
You might want to mention in the patch what version is in version.mk
so I know what to compare the diffs with. I will have all previous
revisions of the software available to me here.
Thanks
Dave