Re: [PATCH] scsi: vpd pages are mandatory for SPC-2

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On 03/15/2016 12:37 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
>>>>>> "Hannes" == Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> Hannes,
> 
> Hannes> VPD pages 0x0 and 0x83 are mandatory even for SPC-2, so we
> Hannes> should be lowering the restriction to avoid having to whitelist
> Hannes> every SPC-2 compliant device.
> 
> I wonder how many non-compliant devices we would have to blacklist as a
> result of this change...
> 
But it feels even sillier having to whitelist every
standards-conformant device here; I certainly was when I figured
that EMC Clariion won't work properly without this patch.

And the idea was to mark off _misbehaving_ drives, not the other way
round.

Cheers,

Hannes
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