From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luben Tuikov Subject: Re: Autosense requirement Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:58:55 -0400 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3D46EFFF.7B8D4BAE@splentec.com> References: <3D453CE8.5A15FCD6@splentec.com> <3D457FF3.C7A02C57@torque.net> <20020729155518.B20905@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Doug Ledford Cc: linux-scsi Doug Ledford wrote: > > It will be mandatory for the LLDD to do autosense. All remnants of code > to perform a follow up request sense operation *will* dissappear from the > mid layer. OTOH, the sense command and sense buffer will be pre-set for > each device so at least the LLDD won't have to build their own command any > longer, they can just change the command pointer from the original command > to the sense command and the data buffer to the sense buffer and reissue > the request. Oh, this is soooo nice to hear. -- Luben