IBM Utrium-TD4 Tape Drive Linux Driver Build from Source:
 
README for the IBM lin_tape driver
Copyright (c) 2008 IBM Corp.
 
The lin_tape driver is now released as a source RPM package.  The lin_taped
daemon and IBMtapeutil are released as a set of binary RPM packages, with a separate
binary package for each architecture.  These files can be found in this folder.
The kernels for which this driver is IBM certified are listed on the
System Storage Interoperation Center website:
 
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic/displayesssearchwithoutjs.wss?start_over=yes
 
IBM does not guarantee correct operation of the lin_tape driver on any other kernel or
operating system.
 
To install the lin_tape driver with all the added value of the lin_taped daemon,
perform the following steps:
 
1 - Download the appropriate level of the source RPM package to a directory of
your choice on the Linux kernel for which you wish to install it.
 
2 - Run rpmbuild --rebuild <filename>, where filename is the name of the RPM
file.  This will create a binary RPM package for your kernel from the source RPM
package.
 
For example:
#rpmbuild --rebuild lin_tape-1.xx.0-1.src.rpm.
 
3 - Output from the build will be printed to your screen.  Near the end of the
output, you will find a line that indicates the filename and location of your
binary RPM package.
 
For example, a line similar to the following will be output to your screen:
Wrote: /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lin_tape-1.xx.0-1.i386.rpm
 
4 - To install the lin_tape driver from the binary package, run
rpm -ivh <filename>
 
For example:
#rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lin_tape-1.xx.0-1.i386.rpm
 
5 - To install the lin_taped daemon, download it to your Linux filesystem and run
rpm -ivh on the daemon RPM file.
 
For example:
#rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lin_taped-1.xx.0-rhel5.i386.rpm