On Friday, July 14, 2006 5:25 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > I have no idea about the fusion ... the frame control is > embedded deeply > in the firmware, so I think it would probably require a firmware > upgrade. Eric can comment on this better than I. > Yes, frame creation is in the firmware, not driver. Currently the linux driver knows TLR is implmented in firmware by looking at IOCFacts->IOCCapabilities (bit 11). >From sas2r04a.pdf, section 9.2.1 ssp_frame_format, there is RETRY_DATA_FRAME (byte 10, bit 2) - write data frames retried (xfer_rdy) RETRANSMIT (byte 10, bit 1) - control frame retried (task, response, xfer_rdy) Rob Elliot wrote: "the initiator could set a similar bit in COMMAND and TASK frames to let the target know that it is safe to retry frames for the whole command." Which bit is in consideration for being set? In the ssp frame header or IU? - : 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
