This returns always false with new-style drivers right now. Make it return always true instead, as a host must be present if we are able to call the ioctl (without a host attached there would be no device node to call on..) Index: scsi-misc-2.6/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c =================================================================== --- scsi-misc-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c 2005-09-06 14:11:23.000000000 +0200 +++ scsi-misc-2.6/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c 2005-09-06 14:16:18.000000000 +0200 @@ -30,20 +30,20 @@ #define MAX_BUF PAGE_SIZE -/* - * If we are told to probe a host, we will return 0 if the host is not - * present, 1 if the host is present, and will return an identifying - * string at *arg, if arg is non null, filling to the length stored at - * (int *) arg +/** + * ioctl_probe -- return host identification + * @host: host to identify + * @buffer: userspace buffer for identification + * + * Return an identifying string at @buffer, if @buffer is non-NULL, filling + * to the length stored at * (int *) @buffer. */ - static int ioctl_probe(struct Scsi_Host *host, void __user *buffer) { unsigned int len, slen; const char *string; - int temp = host->hostt->present; - if (temp && buffer) { + if (buffer) { if (get_user(len, (unsigned int __user *) buffer)) return -EFAULT; @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ return -EFAULT; } } - return temp; + return 1; } /* - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html