From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: [patch] 2.6 -- add IOI Media Bay to SCSI quirk list Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:00:53 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <411BF6A5.2030306@tuxdriver.com> References: <200408122137.i7CLbGU13688@ra.tuxdriver.com> <20040812225118.GA20904@beaverton.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040812225118.GA20904@beaverton.ibm.com> To: Patrick Mansfield Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Patrick Mansfield wrote: >We seem to be getting quite a few of these. In theory we could add a line >like this for every multi-lun SCSI device. > > Isn't that what the quirk list is for? >Can you instead try booting with scsi_mod.max_luns=8 (or such) or build >with SCSI_MULTI_LUN enabled? > > That works for my box, but what about for others? Like those who may have both a multi-lun device and a single-lun device that hangs on a non-zero lun? What about the average luser who can't be bothered to hack-up his startup scripts or *gasp* rebuild his kernel? It seems like the quirk list is there for a reason. If we start rejecting certain devices, then what is the criteria for a device to actually make it on the list? John