James, Any comments on the patch below? Thanks Brian Brian King wrote: > Add a max_cmd_len field to the scsi_device struct > to allow for per device limits of allowable command > lengths. This patch was submitted earlier and resulted > in a bit of discussion regarding whether or not > CDB length is a limitation of the host or the device. > For ATA, both the host and the device can limit the > CDB length. Currently libata reads the IDENTIFY > PACKET DEVICE data for an ATAPI device and sets > the max_cmd_len in the scsi host for the maximum > supported CDB length of all ATA/ATAPI devices attached > to the same scsi host. This patch allows libata to > set the max CDB length on a per device basis and > allows the SAS/SATA HBA to set its own max command > length in the scsi host template. > > Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > libata-dev-bjking1/drivers/scsi/scsi.c | 3 ++- > libata-dev-bjking1/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c | 1 + > libata-dev-bjking1/include/scsi/scsi_device.h | 1 + > 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff -puN include/scsi/scsi_device.h~scsi_device_cdb_len include/scsi/scsi_device.h > --- libata-dev/include/scsi/scsi_device.h~scsi_device_cdb_len 2006-04-17 17:17:50.000000000 -0500 > +++ libata-dev-bjking1/include/scsi/scsi_device.h 2006-04-17 17:17:50.000000000 -0500 > @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct scsi_device { > unsigned int manufacturer; /* Manufacturer of device, for using > * vendor-specific cmd's */ > unsigned sector_size; /* size in bytes */ > + unsigned char max_cmd_len; > > void *hostdata; /* available to low-level driver */ > char type; > diff -puN drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c~scsi_device_cdb_len drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c > --- libata-dev/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c~scsi_device_cdb_len 2006-04-17 17:17:50.000000000 -0500 > +++ libata-dev-bjking1/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c 2006-04-17 17:17:50.000000000 -0500 > @@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ static struct scsi_device *scsi_alloc_sd > sdev->lun = lun; > sdev->channel = starget->channel; > sdev->sdev_state = SDEV_CREATED; > + sdev->max_cmd_len = MAX_COMMAND_SIZE; > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdev->siblings); > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdev->same_target_siblings); > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdev->cmd_list); > diff -puN drivers/scsi/scsi.c~scsi_device_cdb_len drivers/scsi/scsi.c > --- libata-dev/drivers/scsi/scsi.c~scsi_device_cdb_len 2006-04-17 17:17:50.000000000 -0500 > +++ libata-dev-bjking1/drivers/scsi/scsi.c 2006-04-17 17:17:50.000000000 -0500 > @@ -610,7 +610,8 @@ int scsi_dispatch_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd * > * Before we queue this command, check if the command > * length exceeds what the host adapter can handle. > */ > - if (CDB_SIZE(cmd) > cmd->device->host->max_cmd_len) { > + if (CDB_SIZE(cmd) > cmd->device->host->max_cmd_len || > + CDB_SIZE(cmd) > cmd->device->max_cmd_len) { > SCSI_LOG_MLQUEUE(3, > printk("queuecommand : command too long.\n")); > cmd->result = (DID_ABORT << 16); > _ -- Brian King eServer Storage I/O IBM Linux Technology Center - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html