Re: [PATCH] Recognize missing LUNs for non-standard devices

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On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Brian King wrote:

> Alan Stern wrote:
> > Some protocols (like USB UFI) or devices that don't adhere to the SCSI
> > standard may indicate a nonexistent LUN by returning INQUIRY information
> > with Peripheral Device Type set to 0x1f (unknown or none) and Peripheral
> > Qualifier set to 0 instead of 3 as the spec requires.  This patch (as650)
> > causes PDT = 0x1f to be recognized as no LUN present regardless of the
> > qualifier value, if the SCSI level is equal to 0.
> 
> This patch will break the ipr driver. The ipr adapter firmware reports a
> logical scsi device which is used for RAID configuration. It reports
> a Peripheral Device Type of 0x1f and a scsi level of 0, since it does
> not claim compliance with any scsi level. 

I was afraid that might happen.  Okay, forget the patch.

How come you didn't mention the ipr driver before when I first raised the 
possibility of making this change?

Alan Stern

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