Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Dec 2010 10:16:46 -0500 (EST) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH repost 3] [SCSI] Retrieve the Caching mode page |
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On Tue, 7 Dec 2010, James Bottomley wrote:
> Well, not other than I've already said: I think it looks OK, so I > marked it for my merge window queue. I'd still rather like USB people > to confirm that the original reason why this was done (to prevent device > crashes on the mode sense) is no longer an issue
The original reason for adding the skip_ms_page_8 flag still applies. To assume it is no longer an issue would not be safe -- there's no reason to believe that the buggy devices it was meant for have all been retired.
> ... but it's only USB > stuff, so suppose I'm OK with finding out in the field.
With USB there's often no other choice.
Alan Stern
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