From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "'patman@aracnet.com'" Subject: Re: proposed update to scsi_id needing review Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:11:33 -0700 Message-ID: <20050613151133.GA17977@aracnet.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from 216-99-218-173.dsl.aracnet.com ([216.99.218.173]:8427 "EHLO 216-99-218-173.dsl.aracnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261607AbVFMPNp (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:13:45 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "goggin, edward" Cc: "'linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net'" , "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 09:20:58PM -0400, goggin, edward wrote: > Resending with patch as attachment ... > > This patch is to enable the use of scsi_id to derive a UID for a SCSI-2 > device which is not compliant with the page 83 inquiry reply format for > either SPC-2 or SPC-3. In this case, the page 83 reply does not > contain a list of Identification descriptors but a single binary encoded > hexa-decimal Vendor Specified Identifier. > > The update is being driven by the need for scsi_id to support older > model EMC Symmetrix hardware, that is, models 4, 5, and 6. Looks good ... thanks -- Patrick Mansfield