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33 .Nd SCSI media-changer (juke box) driver
36 .Cd device ch1 target 4 unit 0
40 driver provides support for a
43 It allows many slots of media to be multiplexed between
44 a number of drives. The changer device may optionally be equipped
45 with a bar code reader, which reads label informationen attached to
48 A SCSI adapter must also be separately configured into the system
49 before a SCSI changer can be configured.
51 As the SCSI adapter is probed during boot, the
53 bus is scanned for devices.
54 Any devices found which answer as 'Changer'
55 type devices will be 'attached' to the
58 It is possible to specify what
61 come on line as; refer to
63 for details on kernel configuration.
64 .Sh KERNEL CONFIGURATION
65 In configuring, if an optional
67 is given in the specification, that number of SCSI media changers
68 are configured; Most storage for them is allocated only when found
69 so a large number of configured devices is cheap.
71 has included the driver).
73 User mode programs communicate with the changer driver through a
74 number of ioctls which are described below.
75 Changer element addresses
76 used in the communication between the kernel and the changer device are
77 mapped to zero-based logical addresses.
78 Element types are specified as follows:
79 .Bl -tag -width CHET_MT
81 Medium transport element (picker).
83 Storage element (slot).
85 Import/export element (portal).
87 Data transfer element (drive).
92 calls apply to the changer.
97 .Bl -tag -width ".Dv CHIOEXCHANGE"
99 .Pq Vt "struct changer_move"
100 Move a medium from one element to another
102 using the current picker.
103 The source and destination elements are specified
104 in a changer_move structure, which includes at least the following
106 .Bd -literal -offset indent
107 u_int cm_fromtype; /* element type to move from */
108 u_int cm_fromunit; /* logical unit of from element */
109 u_int cm_totype; /* element type to move to */
110 u_int cm_tounit; /* logical unit of to element */
111 u_int cm_flags; /* misc. flags */
117 field is set, the medium
118 changer is instructed to flip the medium while moving it.
120 .Pq Vt "struct changer_exchange"
121 Move the medium located in the source element to the first destination
122 element, and move the medium that had been in the first destination
123 element to the second destination element.
125 exchange, the source and second destination elements should be the
127 The current picker is used to perform the operation.
128 The addresses of the affected elements is specified to the ioctl in a
130 structure which includes at least the following
132 .Bd -literal -offset indent
133 u_int ce_srctype; /* element type of source */
134 u_int ce_srcunit; /* logical unit of source */
135 u_int ce_fdsttype; /* element type of first destination */
136 u_int ce_fdstunit; /* logical unit of first destination */
137 u_int ce_sdsttype; /* element type of second destination */
138 u_int ce_sdstunit; /* logical unit of second destination */
139 u_int ce_flags; /* misc. flags */
147 to flip the first or second medium during the exchange operation,
150 .Em This operation is untested .
152 .Pq Vt "struct changer_position"
153 Position the current picker in front of the specified element.
154 The element is specified with a changer_position structure, which includes
155 at least the following elements:
156 .Bd -literal -offset indent
157 u_int cp_type; /* element type */
158 u_int cp_unit; /* logical unit of element */
159 u_int cp_flags; /* misc. flags */
165 to invert the picker during the operation.
168 Return the logical address of the current picker.
171 Select the picker specified by the given logical address.
173 .Pq Vt "struct changer_params"
174 Return the configuration parameters for the media changer.
176 fills the changer_params structure passed by the user with at least the
178 .Bd -literal -offset indent
179 u_int cp_npickers; /* number of pickers */
180 u_int cp_nslots; /* number of slots */
181 u_int cp_nportals; /* number of import/export portals */
182 u_int cp_ndrives; /* number of drives */
185 This call can be used by applications to query the dimensions of
186 the jukebox before using the
188 ioctl to query the jukebox' status.
191 .Sy INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS
192 call on the media changer device.
193 This forces the media changer to update its internal status
194 information with respect to loaded media.
195 It also scans any barcode labels provided that it has a label reader.
198 driver's status is not affected by this call.
200 .Pq Vt "struct changer_element_status_request"
202 .Sy READ ELEMENT STATUS
203 call on the media changer device.
204 This call reads the element status information of the media
205 changer and converts it to an array of
206 .Vt changer_element_status
211 the status of one or more elements of one type may be queried.
213 The application passes a
214 .Vt changer_element_status_request
217 driver which contains the following fields:
218 .Bd -literal -offset indent
219 u_int cesr_element_type;
220 u_int cesr_element_base;
221 u_int cesr_element_count;
223 struct changer_element_status *cesr_element_status;
226 This structure is read by the driver to determine the type, logical
227 base address and number of elements for which information is to be
228 returned in the array of
229 .Vt changer_element_status
230 structures pointed to by the
231 .Va cesr_element_status field .
232 The application must allocate enough
234 .Va cesr_element_count
235 status structures (see below).
238 can optionally be set to
240 to indicate that volume tag (bar code) information is to be read from
241 the jukebox and returned.
244 .Va cesr_element_base
246 .Va cesr_element_count
247 fields must be valid with respect to the physical configuration of the changer.
254 The information about the elements is returned in an array of
255 .Vt changer_element_status
257 This structure include at least the following fields:
258 .Bd -literal -offset indent
259 u_int ces_addr; /* element address in media changer */
260 u_char ces_flags; /* see CESTATUS definitions below */
261 u_char ces_sensecode; /* additional sense code for element */
262 u_char ces_sensequal; /* additional sense code qualifier */
263 u_char ces_invert; /* invert bit */
264 u_char ces_svalid; /* source address (ces_source) valid */
265 u_short ces_source; /* source address of medium */
266 changer_voltag_t ces_pvoltag; /* primary volume tag */
267 changer_voltag_t ces_avoltag; /* alternate volume tag */
268 u_char ces_idvalid; /* ces_scsi_id is valid */
269 u_char ces_scsi_id; /* SCSI id of element (if ces_idvalid is nonzero) */
270 u_char ces_lunvalid; /* ces_scsi_lun is valid */
271 u_char ces_scsi_lun; /* SCSI lun of elemtne (if ces_lunvalid is nonzero) */
276 field contains the address of the element in the
277 coordinate system of the media changer.
278 It is not used by the driver,
279 and should be used for diagnostic purposes only.
281 The following flags are defined for the
284 .Bl -tag -width CESTATUS_IMPEXP
287 .It Dv CESTATUS_IMPEXP
288 The medium has been deposited by the operator (and not by a picker).
289 .It Dv CESTATUS_EXCEPT
290 The element is in an exceptional state (e.g. invalid barcode label,
291 barcode not yet scanned).
292 .It Dv CESTATUS_ACCESS
293 The element is accessible by the picker.
294 .It Dv CESTATUS_EXENAB
295 The element supports medium export.
296 .It Dv CESTATUS_INENAB
297 The element supports medium import.
300 Note that not all flags are valid for all element types.
305 driver has been tested with a DEC TZ875 (5 slot, one DLT drive) and a
306 and a Breece Hill Q47 (60 slot, four DLT drives, barcode reader).
308 Many of the features the
310 driver supports are not thoroughly tested due to the fact that the
311 devices available for testing do not support the necessary commands.
312 This is true for alternate volume tags, media flipping, import/export
313 element handling, multiple picker operation and other things.
315 .Bl -tag -width /dev/ch[0-9] -compact
320 If the media changer does not support features requested by the
322 driver, it will produce both console error messages and failure return
323 codes to the ioctls described here.
338 driver was written by
339 .An Jason R. Thorpe Aq thorpej@and.com
340 for And Communications,
341 .Pa http://www.and.com/ .
342 It was added to the system by
343 .An Stefan Grefen Aq grefen@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de
344 who apparently had such a device.
345 It was ported to CAM by
346 .An Kenneth Merry Aq ken@FreeBSD.org .
347 It was updated to support volume tags by
348 .An Hans Huebner Aq hans@artcom.de .