Originally posted by: chiphead

I have the gsc software installed however am not able to do a mkdev for the device.

lsparent shows this for the card:

scsi3 Available 1D-08-00 PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Adapter bus

lsdev shows this for the changer Im trying to connect to:

smc0 Available 1D-08-00-4,1 IBM 3573 Tape Medium Changer

lsdev -P shows the drive available:

generic gsc scsi Feral Software Generic SCSI Release 1.0

However when I try to do a mkdev I get this:

#mkdev -c 'generic' -s 'scsi' -t 'gsc' -p 'scsi3' -w '4,1'
mkdev: 0514-517 The information provided to this configuration command
was not adequate to uniquely identify the device.
Provide more device information than the following:
type = 'gsc' AND subclass = 'scsi' AND class = 'generic'

What am I missing?

TIA

-Wayne
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Originally posted by: chiphead

No one any idea at all?
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Originally posted by: chiphead

Bump. Someone has to have an idea here. Please suggest anything, even what may seem obvious.
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Originally posted by: shargus

I have very limited experience with changers on AIX, but...

1. Did cfgmgr complain about anything? If a driver is missing, it will usually complain. If not...
2. Looking at your output, I am thinking the media changer is /dev/smc0. That should be the device file the software needs to point to. If so, then you shouldn't need to define a generic SCSI device.
3. If cfgmgr complains about a driver missing, see if its on your AIX install disks (usually disk #1).
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Originally posted by: dukessd

Sounds like you need the IBM Atape driver not the gsc one.
ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/devdrvr/AIX/
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