Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751073AbVIMVz2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:55:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751086AbVIMVz2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:55:28 -0400 Received: from mail02.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.183]:63398 "EHLO mail02.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751070AbVIMVz0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:55:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17191.19125.826388.938552@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:55:01 +1000 From: Peter Chubb To: Burton Windle Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@steeleye.com Subject: Re: SCSI issue with 2.6.14-rc1 In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 17) "Jumbo Shrimp" XEmacs Lucid Comments: Hyperbole mail buttons accepted, v04.18. X-Face: GgFg(Z>fx((4\32hvXq<)|jndSniCH~~$D)Ka:P@e@JR1P%Vr}EwUdfwf-4j\rUs#JR{'h# !]])6%Jh~b$VA|ALhnpPiHu[-x~@<"@Iv&|%R)Fq[[,(&Z'O)Q)xCqe1\M[F8#9l8~}#u$S$Rm`S9% \'T@`:&8>Sb*c5d'=eDYI&GF`+t[LfDH="MP5rwOO]w>ALi7'=QJHz&y&C&TE_3j! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1020 Lines: 23 >>>>> "Burton" == Burton Windle writes: Burton> Dell Poweredge 1300, MegaRAID SCSI with hardware RAID1. With Burton> 2.6.13, system was fine, but on 2.6.14-rc1, it sees the RAID Burton> array as a 0mb drive with 1 512-byte sector, and seems to have Burton> a bit of a problem mounting / This sounds like the same problem I saw with the IA64 simscsi driver --- the READ_CAPACITY scsi command now generates a scatterlist, and some drivers don't cope. I don't know whether the right fix is to change all the drivers to understand a scatterlist, or to change sd_read_capacity() to not use scsi_execute_command(). -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/