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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:43:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ltuikov@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH repost 3] [SCSI] Retrieve the Caching mode page
To: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>,
        Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net>
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        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
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--- On Mon, 11/22/10, Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote:

> That said, Luben's patch is kinda slick.

Thank you.

> sd-modalready asks for a lot of
> mode page data; it does this so that it's request matches
> the observed
> behavior of a "popular" Redmond, WA-based OS.? Luben's
> patch just searches
> through that data to see if it can find what it is looking
> for, rather than
> rqeuesting a specific mode page later (which may not be
> supported).

Yes, devices wouldn't sense a change in requests. The patch preserves this quality of device discovery.

   Luben

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