From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve McIntyre Subject: Re: sense buffer length for REQUEST SENSE? Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 09:50:13 +0100 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20020727085013.GB2624@einval.com> References: <3D420D77.A4633D9C@splentec.com> <3D4225D5.9A8ED692@torque.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D4225D5.9A8ED692@torque.net> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Douglas Gilbert Cc: linux-scsi On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 12:47:17AM -0400, Douglas Gilbert wrote: >Luben Tuikov wrote: >> client has gotten all the sense data the sense buffer >> should be 252 bytes. > >Yes I can see that number in SPC-3. Has anyone every seen >an actual REQUEST SENSE response (sense buffer) anywhere near >that size? The new "descriptor" sense data format should >further reduce the size requirement. Looking at the SCSI spec of a 12" WORM autoloader I've worked with, it uses up to 246 bytes... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com Support the Campaign for Audiovisual Free Expression: http://www.eff.org/cafe/