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Bug 159360

Summary:	/sbin/stinit execution causes syslog error message
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Jim Waldram <jwaldram>
Component:	mt-st	Assignee:	Jindrich Novy <jnovy>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	4.0	CC:	pknirsch
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Description Jim Waldram 2005-06-01 21:35:01 UTC

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Description of problem:
Execution /sbin/stinit to initialize a tape drive causes the following to be logged in /var/log/messages:
kernel: program stinit is using a deprecated SCSI ioctl, please convert it to SG_IO

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mt-st-0.8-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1./sbin/stinit
2.tail /var/log/messages
3.
  

Actual Results:  reported kernel messages is generated

Expected Results:  no message

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jindrich Novy 2005-06-02 13:32:50 UTC

I cannot see anything when /sbin/stinit is called in /var/log/messages/. The
possible reason for this that I use RHEL4 U1 kernel, uname -a says:

Linux 2.6.9-11.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri May 20 18:25:30 EDT 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
GNU/Linux

Which kernel do you use?

Comment 2 Jim Waldram 2005-06-02 15:00:17 UTC

uname -a
Linux nutria.uwyo.edu 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL #1 Fri Apr 8 14:21:35 EDT 2005 i686 athlon
i386 GNU/Linux
same results on another system:
uname -a
Linux xxx....uwyo.edu 2.6.9-5.0.3.ELsmp #1 SMP Mon Feb 14 10:03:50 EST 2005 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux

/etc/stinit.def:
# Exabyte 8505 and other similar 8 mm helical scan driver
manufacturer=EXABYTE model = "EXB-8505" {
scsi2logical=1 can-bsr auto-lock
mode1 blocksize=0 density=0x8c  # 8500 density, compressing
mode2 blocksize=0 density=0x15  # 8500 density, no compression
mode3 blocksize=0 density=0x90  # 8200 density, compressing
mode4 blocksize=0 density=0x14  # 8200 density, no compression
}

-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 33480 Aug  9  2004 /sbin/stinit

This is a newly installed RHEL 4 system.  Up2date.

/etc/syslog.conf logging for /var/log/messages:
*.info;mail.none;news.none;auth.none;authpriv.none;cron.none           
/var/log/messages

Comment 3 Jindrich Novy 2005-06-08 08:58:45 UTC

I tried to reproduce your case on both RHEL4 U1 and RHEL4 systems with exactly
the same configuration as you presented in comment #2. The problem is that I'm
unable to make stinit actually running as it requires a tape drive actually
installed on my system to let stinit communicate using the deprecated SCSI ioctl.

I get:
# /sbin/stinit
Initialized 0 tape devices.

Maybe a look into the mt-st code will give me some clue.

Comment 4 Jim Waldram 2006-08-04 19:04:36 UTC

After a "flag" change to the bug, I have reviewed.  At:
2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Jun 30 10:33:58 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
for several systems that are RHN current, the error message is no longer generated.
I would assume that you found the offending code and got it updated.
I did/do not see a resolution in the bugzilla bug record and thought an update
on a year old bug might be appropriate.
I consider the problem resolved at current revisions.

Comment 6 Jindrich Novy 2006-09-14 12:35:31 UTC

Ok, closing NOATBUG as the problem is now resolved in the current releases.