Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:59:21 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] libata: Simulate REPORT LUNS for ATAPI devices |
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James Bottomley wrote: > On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 11:24 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Darrick J. Wong wrote: >>> The Quantum GoVault SATAPI removable disk device returns ATA_ERR in >>> response to a REPORT LUNS packet. If this happens to an ATAPI device >>> that is attached to a SAS controller (this is the case with sas_ata), >>> the device does not load because SCSI won't touch a "SCSI device" >>> that won't report its LUNs. Since most ATAPI devices don't support >>> multiple LUNs anyway, we might as well fake a response like we do for >>> ATA devices. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> >> I'm leaning towards applying this, perhaps with a module option that >> allows experimenters to revert back to the older behavior. >> >> Any chance you could be talked into tackling some of the SAT >> translation-related items Doug G mentioned? I'm almost certain there >> are some info pages we should be returning, but are not, at the very least. > > I thought we were closing in on agreeing that the SPC/MMC > inconsistencies made this the correct candidate fix.
that works for me...
Jeff
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