On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:52:29 -0400 John Stoffel wrote: > >>>>> "James" == James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > James> It seems I got unsubscribed from linux-scsi last week while I was on > James> holiday and I've likely missed a slew of patches, it seems like an > James> appropriate time to remind everyone how the SCSI trees work. > > James> --- > > James> There are two git based scsi trees: > > James> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git > > James> called the scsi-misc tree for patches being collected for the > James> next merge window. And James, Would it help you for patchwork to capture linux-scsi patches? either patchwork.kernel.org or patchwork.ozlabs.org > I don't see my patch to block/Kconfig to make BLK_DEV_BSG be enabled > by default. Is this going to be pushed for 2.6.32-rc1 when the merge > window opens up? > > I've attached the patch, just to make sure. Let me know if I should > send it in properly. > > Thanks! > John > > > Make Block Layer SG support v4 the default, since recent udev versions > depend on this to access serial numbers and other low level info > properly. > > This should be backported to older kernels as well, since most distros > have > enabled this for a long time. > > Signed-off-by: John Stoffel <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > block/Kconfig | 11 +++++++---- > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig > index e7d1278..55bbefc 100644 > --- a/block/Kconfig > +++ b/block/Kconfig > @@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ config LBD > If unsure, say N. > > config BLK_DEV_BSG > - bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)" > - depends on EXPERIMENTAL > - ---help--- > + bool "Block layer SG support v4" > + default y > + help > Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 > support > for any block device. > > @@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ config BLK_DEV_BSG > protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial > Attached SCSI). > > - If unsure, say N. > + This option is required by recent UDEV versions to properly > + access device serial numbers, etc. > + > + If unsure, say Y. > > config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY > bool "Block layer data integrity support" > -- > -- > 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 --- ~Randy LPC 2009, Sept. 23-25, Portland, Oregon http://linuxplumbersconf.org/2009/ -- 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
