On 11-08-11 03:51 AM, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:35:42 -0400
Douglas Gilbert<dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
+The bsg driver
+==============
+bsg is an acronym for Block SCSI Generic. The "block" used in the name of
+this driver is a little confusing since each bsg device node (e.g.
+/dev/bsg/0:0:0:0 corresponds to /dev/sda which is a SATA disk on this
+laptop) is actually a "char" device. The "block" term refers to the
+kernel layer which conveys both blocked data and messages to lower layers
What 'blocked data' means?
Data sent through the block layer in which the corresponding command
has an implicit block size. A SCSI READ(10) is an example of such
a command.
The "block" term simply means that bsg is for the users of 'the block
layer' (including SCSI)?
You are welcome to send a patch which does:
s/both blocked data and//
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