=Comment: #0================================================= Emily J. Ratliff <emilyr.com> - 2008-07-09 17:31 EDT 1. Feature Id: [201707] Feature Name: Include a new driver - lin_tape - for supporting the IBM Tape Library. Sponsor: PPC Category: Device Drivers and IO Request Type: Driver - New - Open Source 2. Short Description lin_tape is a newly open sourced driver for supporting IBM's tape libraries. This driver is planned to be submitted to kernel.org for inclusion in 3Q/08. 3. Business Case IBM tape libraries used to be supported via proprietary binaries online. This is to convert the support from proprietary to the open source distributor release model for better customer support. 4. Sponsor Priority 1 IBM Confidential: no Code Contribution: IBM code Upstream Acceptance: In Progress Component Version Target: TBD Performance Assistance: 5. PM Contact: Stephanie Glass, sglass.com, 512-838-9284 6. Technical contact(s): Daisy Chang, daisyc.com 7. LTC Manager: Wendel Voigt, wvoigt.com
This feature does not meet the content definition for RHEL 4.8 in that no new drivers are going to be added to this release, only updates to existing drivers.
------- Comment From sglass.com 2008-07-21 08:44 EDT------- Quiing this bug to match Red Hat.