> -----Original Message----- > From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 8:04 AM > To: Martin K. Petersen > Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; KY Srinivasan > Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI: Add a blacklist flag which enables VPD page > inquiries > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:49:17PM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote: > > > > Despite supporting modern SCSI features some storage devices continue > > to claim conformance to an older version of the SPC spec. This is done > > for compatibility with legacy operating systems. > > > > Linux by default will not attempt to read VPD pages on devices that > > claim SPC-2 or older. Introduce a blacklist flag that can be used to > > trigger VPD page inquiries on devices that are known to support them. > > > > Reported-by: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Tested-by: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> > > CC: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Looks good, > > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > > KY, can you send a hyperv patch that sets it to go along with this one? Will do. Thanks Christoph. K. Y -- 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
