Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:24:23 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] libata: Simulate REPORT LUNS for ATAPI devices |
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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.
Jeff
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