From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luben Tuikov Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: inquiry in scsi_scan.c Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 16:16:19 -0500 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3E19F223.4020208@splentec.com> References: <20030106112259.B13916@one-eyed-alien.net> <3E19EBC4.6000601@splentec.com> <20030106130547.E13916@one-eyed-alien.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Dharm Cc: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Matthew Dharm wrote: > I'm told this is a bad idea because there are some HBA which snoop the > INQUIRY data. Since I don't know how that snooping works, I can't comment > further. I do, in my own LLDDs. If anything the additional length might increase. Others snoop it for their own awareness of the device and personal gains to possibly result in better service to the actual device. I cannot see how this could fail. -- Luben