Re: SCSI BLIST_*, sdev_bflags, and scsi_device flags

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On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 10:27:21AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Do we need per-device blist flags at all?  I suspect just having them in
> > the target should be enough.
> 
> Some of the blist flags clearly are per-device: BLIST_KEY, BLIST_ISROM,
> BLIST_NOSTARTONADD, BLIST_MS_SKIP_PAGE_08, BLIST_MS_SKIP_PAGE_3F,
> BLIST_USE_10_BYTE_MS, BLIST_MS_192_BYTES_FOR_3F, BLIST_NOT_LOCKABLE,
> BLIST_NO_ULD_ATTACH, BLIST_RETRY_HWERROR.  There are a few others I'm not
> certain about.

Why are these clearly per LUN?  I agree some of them are debatable,
but most of them indicate a general lack-of-scsi-spec compliance on the
part of the manufacturer and hence apply to the piece of hardware (==
scsi target) rather than just one of the LUNs in it.
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