Re: [PATCH v8 05/11] libata-eh: allow defer in ata_exec_internal

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Hello,

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:09:21AM +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
> I'm not aware of a place to store such ODD specific information when
> probing the device.

You can always add some fields. :)

> I'm currently storing the loading mech type in structure zpodd, which
> gets created after the corresponding SCSI device gets created in
> ata_scsi_scan_host, so at the probe time, the zpodd structure does not
> exist yet. And the reason I create the zpodd sturcture this late is
> that, it is only created when the ODD together the platform is ZPODD
> capable, and to find out if this platform is ZPODD capbale, ACPI binding
> has to occur first, and ACPI binding happens when SCSI device is added
> to the device tree.

Hmm... I see.  Which ACPI binding is it?  The ATA ACPI binding happens
during probing.  It's a different one, I presume?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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