Aaro Koskinen wrote: > (The patch updated based on testing and comments from Tony Battersby.) > > Change the sym53c8xx_2 driver negotiation logic so that the driver will > tolerate better device removals. Negotiation message(s) will be sent > with every INQUIRY and REQUEST SENSE command, and whenever there is a > change in goals or when the device reports check condition. > > The patch was made specifically to address the case where you hotswap > the disk using remove-single-device/add-single-device commands through > /proc/scsi/scsi. Without the patch the driver keeps using old transfer > parameters even though the target is reset and reports check condition, > so the data transfer of the very first INQUIRY will fail. > > Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <Aaro.Koskinen@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_hipd.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- > drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_hipd.h | 1 + > 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > Looks good. James, please add this to the list of pending sym53c8xx patches. Tested-by: Tony Battersby <tonyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- 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
