From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: READ CAPACITY 16 Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:11:36 -0700 Message-ID: <20081217191135.GF19967@parisc-linux.org> References: <20081217164210.GC19967@parisc-linux.org> <20081217180640.GE19967@parisc-linux.org> <1229540692.3508.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:39111 "EHLO mail.parisc-linux.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750711AbYLQTLh (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:11:37 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1229540692.3508.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: James Bottomley Cc: Grant Grundler , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 02:04:52PM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > Actually, we can't afford to send READ CAPACITY(16) to failing devices; > some of them never come back. When you say 'never come back', do you mean: a) The drive discards the command silently b) The drive hangs until a reset is issued c) The drive hangs until it's power-cycled d) The drive turns into a paperweight -- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step."