Linux 2.6.18 SCSI SPIN and SPOUT SG_IO ioctl's to a sg LTO5 device

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Linux 2.6.18 SCSI SPIN and SPOUT SG_IO ioctl's to a sg LTO5 device

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11-22-2011, 11:32 AM	#1
gjpc LQ Newbie Registered: Jan 2005 Posts: 7 Rep:	Linux 2.6.18 SCSI SPIN and SPOUT SG_IO ioctl's to a sg LTO5 device Does anyone know if the 2.6 kernel mangles SCSI SPIN & SPOUT commands sent to a tape device using the ioctl SG_IO mechanism? I am sending SPOUT to a LTO5 tape drive to set up encryption and getting command complete, sense 0. The encryption is not enabled and when I use SPIN to look at the active encryption page I get back the SPOUT page I sent populated with the secret key. Any thoughts?

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