Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 Nov 2000 21:03:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 Nov 2000 21:02:52 -0500 Received: from 209-164-222-32.iglobal.net ([209.164.222.32]:47747 "EHLO liu.fafner.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 Nov 2000 21:02:47 -0500 From: Elizabeth Morris-Baker Message-Id: <200011030144.TAA08665@liu.fafner.com> Subject: Re: scsi init problem in 2.4.0-test10? [PATCH] To: tao@acc.umu.se (David Weinehall) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:44:39 -0600 (CST) Cc: eamb@liu.fafner.com (Elizabeth Morris-Baker), torben@kernel.dk (Torben Mathiasen), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20001103020216.A29681@khan.acc.umu.se> from "David Weinehall" at Nov 03, 2000 02:02:16 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL0pre8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Thank you for the information. I will give it some thought and see if I can come up with something that will fit both bills... The problem is that the disks that I have are very wide-spread, I would imagine. Compaq is shipping them in their newer machines, so some compromise has to be arrived at. I will look into the matter further. Thanks again. cheers, eamb > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 06:24:47PM -0600, Elizabeth Morris-Baker wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, I know that is in the spec, but truly, > > some scsi devices do act this way.... > > Maybe they need to read the spec :> > > > > I have included the START_STOP for Matthew, but > > I never see it execute with the ATLAS disks... > > A diff follows for those that want to try it.. > > > > cheers, > > > > Elizabeth > > Well, if I'm not all mistaken, this is the code that got removed earlier > on from the kernel because it caused some SCSI-adapters to hang on > scsi-scan?! If so, what's better: to follow the specs and penalise the > bad guys, or ignore the specs and penalise the good guys... > > > /David Weinehall > _ _ > // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ > // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // > \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/