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Various small corrections, formattings and modifications.

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Michael Kerrisk 2007-10-03 06:17:53 +00:00
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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The
.B st
driver provides the interface to a variety of SCSI tape devices.
Currently, the driver takes control of all detected devices of type
\(lqsequential-access.\(rq
\(lqsequential-access\(rq.
The
.B st
driver uses major device number 9.
@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The minor numbers can be grouped into
two sets of four numbers: the principal (auto-rewind) minor device numbers,
.IR n ,
and the \(lqno-rewind\(rq device numbers,
.IR "" ( n "+ 128)."
.RI ( n " + 128)."
Devices opened using the principal device number will be sent a
\s-1REWIND\s+1 command when they are closed.
Devices opened using the \(lqno-rewind\(rq device number will not.
@ -766,9 +766,14 @@ Unknown
Open is attempted with O_WRONLY or O_RDWR when the tape in the drive is
write-protected.
.SH FILES
/dev/st* : the auto-rewind SCSI tape devices
.br
/dev/nst* : the non-rewind SCSI tape devices
.PD 0
.TP 12
.I /dev/st*
the auto-rewind SCSI tape devices
.TP 12
.I /dev/nst*
the non-rewind SCSI tape devices
.PD
.\" .SH AUTHOR
.\" The driver has been written by Kai M\(:akisara (Kai.Makisara@metla.fi)
.\" starting from a driver written by Dwayne Forsyth.
@ -833,6 +838,10 @@ If this is not possible, direct transfers can be disabled.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR mt (1)
.PP
The file README.st or st.txt (kernel >= 2.6) in the kernel sources contains
The file
.I drivers/scsi/README.st
or
.I Documentation/scsi/st.txt
(kernel >= 2.6) in the kernel sources contains
the most recent information about the driver and its configuration
possibilities.