From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Dharm Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:04:03 +0000 Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Asynchronous scsi scanning, version 9 Message-Id: <20060626210403.GA31085@one-eyed-alien.net> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1776464104==" List-Id: References: <20060529130515.GE23405@parisc-linux.org> <20060531232139.GA3202@us.ibm.com> <447EE81D.2050906@ums.usu.ru> <20060601132315.GD32143@parisc-linux.org> <1151270127.3617.26.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <20060625224631.GD1608@parisc-linux.org> <1151310285.3185.16.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060626124001.GG1608@parisc-linux.org> <20060626144442.GA13319@one-eyed-alien.net> <1151348151.4936.8.camel@fc5.xsintricity.com> In-Reply-To: <1151348151.4936.8.camel@fc5.xsintricity.com> To: Doug Ledford Cc: James Bottomley , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox , Patrick Mansfield , Stefan Richter , "Alexander E. Patrakov" , Arjan van de Ven --===============1776464104== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD" Content-Disposition: inline --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 02:55:50PM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote: > On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 07:44 -0700, Matthew Dharm wrote: >=20 > > As for using one Scsi_Host... there are several usb-storage devices whi= ch > > attach to an entire SCSI bus (not just a single target), so can't make = each > > device it's own target. >=20 > This makes no sense to me at all. The USB devices attach to a USB bus, > the whole notion of a SCSI bus for USB devices is as nothing more than > an abstraction, and should be able to be arbitrarily changed in the USB > stack any time you wish. In short, you aren't doing SCSI selections > over a USB bus, so why should SCSI target IDs vs. host IDs matter? > Aren't they just all mapped in the driver to the USB device anyway? I guess my point is that there are some devices for which the concept of a 'bus' is -not- an abstraction. These devices have a USB connector at one end and a SCSI HD-68 connector on the other, and can be attached to 15 devices in a SCSI chain. Perhaps I misunderstand your objection? Matt --=20 Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.= net=20 Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver E: You run this ship with Windows?! YOU IDIOT! L: Give me a break, it came bundled with the computer! -- ESR and Lan Solaris User Friendly, 12/8/1998 --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEoEvDHL9iwnUZqnkRAkaQAKCdOPIXYYkA4gZ7SOZTuxXgL9WC1ACfVA3t yDk6vIe21mDjn+YmY3tAmss= =vmS7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD-- --===============1776464104== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 --===============1776464104== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel --===============1776464104==--