Re: [PATCH v3] block: sed-opal: Add ioctl to return device status

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On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 16:19, Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 22:03, Douglas Miller
> <dougmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 1/25/22 15:52, luca.boccassi@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > From: "dougmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dougmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Provide a mechanism to retrieve basic status information about
> > > the device, including the "supported" flag indicating whether
> > > SED-OPAL is supported. The information returned is from the various
> > > feature descriptors received during the discovery0 step, and so
> > > this ioctl does nothing more than perform the discovery0 step
> > > and then save the information received. See "struct opal_status"
> > > and OPAL_FL_* bits for the status information currently returned.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Douglas Miller <dougmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Tested-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > v2: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-block/patch/612795b5.tj7FMS9wzchsMzrK%25dougmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > v3: resend on request, after rebasing and testing on my machine
> >
> > I would like to withdraw this patch. We are going a different direction
> > for our SED-OPAL support and will be submitting a new set of patches
> > soon, which includes a different method of obtaining the discovery0 data.
>
> Hi,
>
> Do you have a rough ETA on the new series? Also would you mind CC'ing
> me when you send it, please? Thanks!

Hello Douglas,

It's been more than half a year now, any progress on this new set of
patches? I really need this functionality.

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi



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