pmt: document driver options

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Dietmar Maurer 2021-02-08 08:34:31 +01:00
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@ -39,6 +39,42 @@ parameter. It accepts the following values:
:``json-pretty``: JSON (multiple lines, nicely formatted).
Device driver options can be specified as integer numbers (see
``/usr/include/linux/mtio.h``), or using symbolic names:
:``buffer-writes``: Enable buffered writes
:``async-writes``: Enable async writes
:``read-ahead``: Use read-ahead for fixed block size
:``debugging``: Enable debugging if compiled into the driver
:``two-fm``: Write two file marks when closing the file
:``fast-mteom``: Space directly to eod (and lose file number)
:``auto-lock``: Automatically lock/unlock drive door
:``def-writes``: Defaults are meant only for writes
:``can-bsr``: Indicates that the drive can space backwards
:``no-blklims``: Drive does not support read block limits
:``can-partitions``: Drive can handle partitioned tapes
:``scsi2locical``: Seek and tell use SCSI-2 logical block addresses
:``sysv``: Enable the System V semantics
:``nowait``: Do not wait for rewind, etc. to complete
:``sili``: Enables setting the SILI bit in SCSI commands when reading
in variable block mode to enhance performance when reading blocks
shorter than the byte count
Description
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