Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751650AbaG1UF2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:05:28 -0400 Received: from mail-by2lp0241.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([207.46.163.241]:56787 "EHLO na01-by2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750708AbaG1UF0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:05:26 -0400 From: KY Srinivasan To: James Bottomley CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "hch@infradead.org" , "sitsofe@gmail.com" , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" , "apw@canonical.com" , "martin.petersen@oracle.com" , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "ohering@suse.com" , "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" , "jasowang@redhat.com" Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 3/3] [SCSI] Make LBP quirk skip lbpme checks tests Thread-Topic: [PATCH v2 3/3] [SCSI] Make LBP quirk skip lbpme checks tests Thread-Index: AQHPqpaEfmLHK0GnrkSEOCNbbvYH8Zu12EaQgACFs4D//4sewA== Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:05:24 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20140724122223.GA31798@sucs.org> <20140724153612.GA23648@sucs.org> <16fea5bb87ba47019527cee788e07a72@BY2PR0301MB0711.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> <43306901b1dc4e5dbe014a431e0935ea@BY2PR0301MB0711.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> <548c8b1bae75483aa47c9493b62dc04d@BY2PR0301MB0711.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> <1406577767.19418.11.camel@jarvis> In-Reply-To: <1406577767.19418.11.camel@jarvis> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [131.107.174.16] x-microsoft-antispam: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID: x-o365ent-eop-header: Message processed by - O365_ENT: Allow from ranges (Engineering ONLY) x-forefront-prvs: 0286D7B531 x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM;SFS:(6009001)(199002)(189002)(51704005)(24454002)(13464003)(377424004)(377454003)(19580405001)(74662001)(87936001)(19580395003)(74502001)(46102001)(83322001)(77982001)(76482001)(85852003)(76576001)(31966008)(107046002)(110136001)(83072002)(33646002)(106356001)(85306003)(21056001)(92566001)(2656002)(77096002)(99286002)(4396001)(95666004)(106116001)(74316001)(105586002)(86612001)(93886003)(80022001)(66066001)(86362001)(76176999)(81342001)(79102001)(20776003)(54356999)(50986999)(64706001)(101416001)(81542001)(99396002)(108616002)(24736002);DIR:OUT;SFP:;SCL:1;SRVR:BY2PR0301MB0710;H:BY2PR0301MB0711.namprd03.prod.outlook.com;FPR:;MLV:sfv;PTR:InfoNoRecords;MX:1;LANG:en; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: microsoft.onmicrosoft.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by mail.home.local id s6SK5WHT018965 > -----Original Message----- > From: James Bottomley [mailto:jbottomley@parallels.com] > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 1:03 PM > To: KY Srinivasan > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; hch@infradead.org; sitsofe@gmail.com; > devel@linuxdriverproject.org; apw@canonical.com; > martin.petersen@oracle.com; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; > ohering@suse.com; gregkh@linuxfoundation.org; jasowang@redhat.com > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] [SCSI] Make LBP quirk skip lbpme checks tests > > On Mon, 2014-07-28 at 19:05 +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Martin K. Petersen [mailto:martin.petersen@oracle.com] > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 12:03 PM > > > To: KY Srinivasan > > > Cc: Martin K. Petersen; Sitsofe Wheeler; Christoph Hellwig; > > > gregkh@linuxfoundation.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > > > devel@linuxdriverproject.org; ohering@suse.com; apw@canonical.com; > > > jasowang@redhat.com; jbottomley@parallels.com; linux- > > > scsi@vger.kernel.org > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] [SCSI] Make LBP quirk skip lbpme checks > > > tests > > > > > > >>>>> "KY" == KY Srinivasan writes: > > > > > > KY, > > > > > > KY> "At the time thin-provisioning was defined, the discovery > > > KY> information was first proposed in READ CAPACITY 16 command. And > > > then > > > KY> moved into the new dedicated VPD page - B2h. You can see the > > > KY> information reported in this VPD page is richer than READ > > > KY> CAPACITY > > > KY> 16 command. As this transition happened during we added the > > > KY> feature, Windows uses the newer method that based on VPD page > > > KY> B2h. It looks Linux tries to use both new and old method which is > weird to me." > > > > > > The READ CAPACITY(16) response is not optional. > > > > Ok; that settles the issue then. I will attempt to get it fixed on Windows. > > Like Martin says, this isn't optional either/or; it's mandatory to support the RC > 16 bits. If you don't want to get into playing the messenger between us and > the windows guys on SCSI standards, we'd be happy to communicate > directly, either by email or a phone meeting. Thanks James. I will take up your offer if needed. Regards, K. Y ????{.n?+???????+%?????ݶ??w??{.n?+????{??G?????{ay?ʇڙ?,j??f???h?????????z_??(?階?ݢj"???m??????G????????????&???~???iO???z??v?^?m???? ????????I?