Hi Guys! I'm having problems on the latest STABLE with tape changer HP 40x6. The device correctly detected by sa0 and pass8 device drivers, but when I issue mtx -f /dev/pass8 status command, error appears: neptun# mtx -f /dev/pass8 status mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes mtx: Request Sense: Valid Residual=no mtx: Request Sense: Error Code=0 (Unknown?!) mtx: Request Sense: Sense Key=No Sense mtx: Request Sense: FileMark=no mtx: Request Sense: EOM=no mtx: Request Sense: ILI=no mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Code = 00 mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Qualifier = 00 mtx: Request Sense: BPV=no mtx: Request Sense: Error in CDB=no mtx: Request Sense: SKSV=no READ ELEMENT STATUS Command Failed In messages I have: (pass8:aacp1:0:5:1): READ ELEMENT STATUS. CDB: b8 12 0 0 0 40 0 0 16 1c 0 0 (pass8:aacp1:0:5:1): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 (pass8:aacp1:0:5:1): Invalid field in CDB sks:cc,1 Here my dmesg: neptun# dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project. 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FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #0: Mon Jul 19 11:00:31 GMT 2004 root@neptun:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IRON Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3199.11-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf25 Stepping = 5 Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs real memory = 2146959360 (2096640K bytes) avail memory = 2087280640 (2038360K bytes) Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #0 IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0 Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #1 Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #2 Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #3 Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #4 FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard: 4 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00050014, at 0xfee00000 cpu1 (AP): apic id: 6, version: 0x00050014, at 0xfee00000 cpu2 (AP): apic id: 1, version: 0x00050014, at 0xfee00000 cpu3 (AP): apic id: 7, version: 0x00050014, at 0xfee00000 io0 (APIC): apic id: 2, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec00000 io1 (APIC): apic id: 3, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec80000 io2 (APIC): apic id: 4, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec80400 io3 (APIC): apic id: 5, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec81000 io4 (APIC): apic id: 8, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec81400 Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc03ca000. Warning: Pentium 4 CPU: PSE disabled Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled md0: Malloc disk Using $PIR table, 29 entries at 0xc00fddf0 npx0: <math processor> on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard IOAPIC #0 intpin 16 -> irq 2 IOAPIC #0 intpin 19 -> irq 10 IOAPIC #0 intpin 18 -> irq 11 pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x2541) at 0.1 pcib1: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=2543)> at device 2.0 on pci0 pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 pci1: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x1461) at 28.0 pcib2: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=1460)> at device 29.0 on pci1 pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib2 pci1: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x1461) at 30.0 pcib3: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=1460)> at device 31.0 on pci1 IOAPIC #1 intpin 0 -> irq 16 IOAPIC #1 intpin 4 -> irq 17 IOAPIC #1 intpin 5 -> irq 18 pci3: <PCI bus> on pcib3 aac0: <Adaptec SCSI RAID 2200S> mem 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci3 aac0: Unknown processor 100MHz, 48MB cache memory, optional battery present aac0: Kernel 4.1-0, Build 7244, S/N ba9aa7 aac0: Supported Options=11d7e<CLUSTERS,WCACHE,DATA64,HOSTTIME,RAID50,WINDOW4GB,SOFTERR,SGMAP64,ALARM,NONDASD> aacp0: <SCSI Passthrough Bus> on aac0 aacp1: <SCSI Passthrough Bus> on aac0 em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.25> port 0x3000-0x303f mem 0xf4200000-0xf421ffff irq 17 at device 2.0 on pci3 em0: Speed:N/A Duplex:N/A em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.25> port 0x3040-0x307f mem 0xf4220000-0xf423ffff irq 18 at device 2.1 on pci3 em1: Speed:N/A Duplex:N/A pcib4: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=2545)> at device 3.0 on pci0 pci4: <PCI bus> on pcib4 pci4: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x1461) at 28.0 pcib5: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=1460)> at device 29.0 on pci4 pci5: <PCI bus> on pcib5 pci4: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x1461) at 30.0 pcib6: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=1460)> at device 31.0 on pci4 pci6: <PCI bus> on pcib6 uhci0: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-A> port 0x2000-0x201f irq 2 at device 29.0 on pci0 usb0: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-B> port 0x2020-0x203f irq 10 at device 29.1 on pci0 usb1: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci2: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-C> port 0x2040-0x205f irq 11 at device 29.2 on pci0 usb2: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2 usb2: USB revision 1.0 uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered pcib7: <Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) Hub to PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0 pci7: <PCI bus> on pcib7 pci7: <ATI Mach64-GR graphics accelerator> at 1.0 irq 2 isab0: <PCI to ISA bridge (vendor=8086 device=2480)> at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 atapci0: <Intel ICH3 ATA100 controller> port 0x2060-0x206f,0x374-0x377,0x170-0x177,0x3f4-0x3f7,0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 0 at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x2483) at 31.3 irq 0 orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xc8fff,0xc9000-0xc9fff,0xca000-0xcafff,0xcb000-0xcf7ff,0xe0000-0xe3fff on isa0 pmtimer0 on isa0 fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4 vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 sio0: type 16550A sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0 sio1: type 16550A ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port APIC_IO: Testing 8254 interrupt delivery APIC_IO: routing 8254 via IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 IP packet filtering initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding enabled, default to deny, logging limited to 100 packets/entry by default SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched! SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched! acd0: CDROM <CD-224E> at ata1-master PIO4 aacd0: <Volume> on aac0 aacd0: 139981MB (286681728 sectors) (probe20:aacp1:0:5:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 (probe20:aacp1:0:5:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0 (probe20:aacp1:0:5:0): Medium not present sa0 at aacp1 bus 0 target 5 lun 0 sa0: <HP C5713A H307> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-3 device sa0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 32, 16bit) pass0 at aacp0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 pass0: <SEAGATE ST3146807LC 0007> Fixed unknown SCSI-3 device pass0: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit) pass1 at aacp0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 pass1: <SEAGATE ST3146807LC 0007> Fixed unknown SCSI-3 device pass1: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit) pass2 at aacp0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0 pass2: <SEAGATE ST3146807LC 0007> Fixed unknown SCSI-3 device pass2: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit) pass3 at aacp0 bus 0 target 3 lun 0 pass3: <SEAGATE ST3146807LC 0007> Fixed unknown SCSI-3 device pass3: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit) pass4 at aacp0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 pass4: <SEAGATE ST3146807LC 0007> Fixed unknown SCSI-3 device pass4: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit) pass5 at aacp0 bus 0 target 5 lun 0 pass5: <SEAGATE ST3146807LC 0007> Fixed unknown SCSI-3 device pass5: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 63, 16bit) pass6 at aacp0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0 pass6: <SUPER GEM318 0> Fixed unknown SCSI-2 device pass6: 3.300MB/s transfers pass8 at aacp1 bus 0 target 5 lun 1 pass8: <HP C5713A H307> Removable Changer SCSI-3 device pass8: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 32, 16bit) Mounting root from ufs:/dev/aacd0s1a em0: Link is up 100 Mbps Half Duplex Here is my kernel config file: # # IRON -- Generic kernel configuration file for Iron Systems # machine i386 cpu I686_CPU ident IRON maxusers 0 #makeoptions DEBUG=-g #Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation options INET #InterNETworking options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem options FFS_ROOT #FFS usable as root device [keep this!] options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support options UFS_DIRHASH #Improve performance on big directories options MFS #Memory Filesystem options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device options NFS #Network Filesystem options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device, NFS required options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem options CD9660_ROOT #CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required options PROCFS #Process filesystem options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] options SCSI_DELAY=15000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor options KTRACE #ktrace(1) support options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores options P1003_1B #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING options ICMP_BANDLIM #Rate limit bad replies options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug # output. Adds ~128k to driver. options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug # output. Adds ~215k to driver. # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O # To support HyperThreading, HTT is needed in addition to SMP and APIC_IO #options HTT # HyperThreading Technology device isa device eisa device pci # Floppy drives device fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2 device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 # ATA and ATAPI devices device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 device ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15 device ata device atadisk # ATA disk drives device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives device atapist # ATAPI tape drives options ATA_STATIC_ID #Static device numbering # SCSI peripherals device scbus # SCSI bus (required) device da # Direct Access (disks) device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc) device cd # CD device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access) # RAID controllers device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID, Dell PERC2/PERC3 device aacp # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM) options COMPAT_LINUX options AAC_COMPAT_LINUX # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 device vga0 at isa? # splash screen/screen saver pseudo-device splash # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console device sc0 at isa? flags 0x100 device agp # support several AGP chipsets # Floating point support - do not disable. device npx0 at nexus? port IO_NPX irq 13 # Power management support (see LINT for more options) device apm0 at nexus? disable flags 0x20 # Advanced Power Management # Serial (COM) ports device sio0 at isa? port IO_COM1 flags 0x10 irq 4 device sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3 # Parallel port device ppc0 at isa? irq 7 device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) device lpt # Printer device ppi # Parallel port interface device device vpo # Requires scbus and da # PCI Ethernet NICs. device em # Intel PRO/1000 adapter Gigabit Ethernet Card (``Wiseman'') # Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate. pseudo-device loop # Network loopback pseudo-device ether # Ethernet support pseudo-device tun # Packet tunnel. pseudo-device pty # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc) pseudo-device md # Memory "disks" # The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter. # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this! pseudo-device bpf #Berkeley packet filter # USB support device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface device usb # USB Bus (required) device ugen # Generic device uhid # "Human Interface Devices" device ukbd # Keyboard device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da device ums # Mouse # # Internet family options: # # MROUTING enables the kernel multicast packet forwarder, which works # with mrouted(8). # # IPFIREWALL enables support for IP firewall construction, in # conjunction with the `ipfw' program. IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE sends # logged packets to the system logger. IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT # limits the number of times a matching entry can be logged. # # WARNING: IPFIREWALL defaults to a policy of "deny ip from any to any" # and if you do not add other rules during startup to allow access, # YOU WILL LOCK YOURSELF OUT. It is suggested that you set firewall_type=open # in /etc/rc.conf when first enabling this feature, then refining the # firewall rules in /etc/rc.firewall after you've tested that the new kernel # feature works properly. # # IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT causes the default rule (at boot) to # allow everything. Use with care, if a cracker can crash your # firewall machine, they can get to your protected machines. However, # if you are using it as an as-needed filter for specific problems as # they arise, then this may be for you. Changing the default to 'allow' # means that you won't get stuck if the kernel and /sbin/ipfw binary get # out of sync. # # IPDIVERT enables the divert IP sockets, used by ``ipfw divert'' # # IPSTEALTH enables code to support stealth forwarding (i.e., forwarding # packets without touching the ttl). This can be useful to hide firewalls # from traceroute and similar tools. # # TCPDEBUG is undocumented. # options MROUTING # Multicast routing options IPFIREWALL #firewall options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #enable logging to syslogd(8) options IPFIREWALL_FORWARD #enable transparent proxy support options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100 #limit verbosity #options IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT #allow everything by default options IPDIVERT #divert sockets options IPSTEALTH #support for stealth forwarding options TCPDEBUG # RANDOM_IP_ID causes the ID field in IP packets to be randomized # instead of incremented by 1 with each packet generated. This # option closes a minor information leak which allows remote # observers to determine the rate of packet generation on the # machine by watching the counter. options RANDOM_IP_ID # ICMP_BANDLIM enables icmp error response bandwidth limiting. You # typically want this option as it will help protect the machine from # D.O.S. packet attacks. # options ICMP_BANDLIM The machine is Iron Systems EM2255 (aka Supermicro) with Adaptec RAID 2200S controller. The tape changer is connected to the second channel and terminated. I have tried to change channel termination from 'Auto' to 'Disabled' - all the same. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Is it a valid combination to have a changer (or any external device) to be hooked on a RAID controller's external connection. Seems good enough to me. I tried combinations with and without RAID array configured - no luck. Regards, Alex.