HP C1537A Technical Reference Manual page 29

6 Recompile the kernel by running
system. When you reboot, the device files for the DAT drive will be created
automatically.
The following device files will be created in
tps0d3 tps0d3cnrv
tps0d3c tps0d3cns
tps0d3cnr tps0d3cnsv
tps0d3cnrns tps0d3cs
tps0d3cnrnsv tps0d3csv
tps0d3cnrs tps0d3cv
tps0d3cnrsv tps0d3nr
These device file names can be interpreted as follows:
Device Name
Compression
c
No rewind on close
nr
Device supports variable block sizes
v
Device does not byte-swap
ns
Device does byte-swap
s
Allows the device to be used when one of the other device files
stat
specifying the same physical device is already opened
For example, the device file
SCSI ID 3, and the device file
card 0 at SCSI ID 3 that does not rewind on close and supports variable block
sizes.
Some versions of IRIX 6.x (depending on how the OS was
Note
installed and which patches are installed) may not create the
compression device files using the procedure above. If this is the
case:
Locate the file
1
/dev/MAKEDEV.d/TPS_base
After the line starting
2
*Device:*HP*C15*)
mdev='expr $mdev + 8';
mknod ${prf}$1c c ${C_TPS} $node;
;;
autoconfig
/dev/rmt
tps0d3nrns
tps0d3nrnsv
tps0d3nrs
tps0d3nrsv
tps0d3nrv
tps0d3ns
tps0d3nsv
Function
indicates a device on controller card 0 at
tps0d3
indicates a device on controller
tps0d3nrv
, add the following new entry:
*Device:*Python*
# HP DDS with DC
and then reboot the
:
tps0d3s
tps0d3sv
tps0d3v
tps0d3stat
.
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