From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10567] New: tape/by-id/ nodes not creating due to scsi_id not returning serial number, st nst Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:44:04 -0700 Message-ID: <20080427184404.f0656d2c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:59391 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752038AbYD1Bo0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:44:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Cc: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, john@mib-infotech.co.nz, Patrick Mansfield (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:13:41 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10567 > > Summary: tape/by-id/ nodes not creating due to scsi_id not > returning serial number, st nst > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.25 and earlier, vanilla and gentoo alike, X64 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: HotPlug > AssignedTo: greg@kroah.com > ReportedBy: john@mib-infotech.co.nz > > > Latest working kernel version: unkn > Earliest failing kernel version: unkn , but atleast 2.6.22 > Distribution: gentoo X64 > Hardware Environment: HP ML150, sym53c8xx card, LTO-2 external tape > Software Environment: Gentoo, udev-120 > Problem Description: > udev creates the tape/by-id/ nodes for st* device but fails with nst devices, > (or vs versa) > > (I WILL PUT THIS AS AN ATTACHMENT ALSO) > > The scsi_id program is returning no serial numbers in some cases. This appears to be a bug report against the userspace scsi_id command. According to the manpage, Patrick is the lucky duck ;)