From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: SMP pass through interface via bsg Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 20:12:38 +0200 > On Tue, Apr 03 2007, FUJITA Tomonori wrote: > > From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: SMP pass through interface via bsg > > Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:01:41 -0500 > > > > > On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 01:43 +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote: > > > > OK. I found another bug in smp_test tool (sends bogus response buffer > > > > len to kernel). I've uploaded a new patch: > > > > > > > > http://zaal.org/bsg/smp-test2.diff > > > > > > That sort of works; you have a final bug in that the manufacturer info > > > response frame is 64 bytes, not 128 bytes, but with that corrected > > > everything goes through and I get the result back: > > > > > > hobholes:~# /home/jejb/git/sgv4-tools/smp_test /sys/class/bsg/expander-2\:0 > > > SAS-1.1 format: 0 > > > vendor identification: LSILOGIC > > > product identification: SASx12 A.0 > > > product revision level: > > > > > > So we can class this one as a success ... > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Great! Thanks. I'll try to finish the mpt driver's hook > > sometime. Finally, We have a bsg user (though it also needs proper > > bidi support). > > > > Jens, what remains to be done before bsg is merged into mainline? > > Well the bi-dir stuff and sg v4 design were the two bits that needed to > get done before pushing bsg made sense, so we are getting there... > Probably a 2.6.23 target, leaving the bidi bits a revision cycle to get > sorted out. sg v4 design issues refer to: - iovec support - an alternative to the read/write interface - scsi command tag (possibly larger than 64 bits) What else? - To unsubscribe from this list: 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
