On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 12:11 -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 02:04:52PM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > > Actually, we can't afford to send READ CAPACITY(16) to failing devices; > > some of them never come back. > > When you say 'never come back', do you mean: > > a) The drive discards the command silently > b) The drive hangs until a reset is issued > c) The drive hangs until it's power-cycled > d) The drive turns into a paperweight All of the above ... this is USB ... well, I don't *know* of a D case ... but I wouldn't bet one doesn't exist. James -- 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
