Re: [RFC] libata new EH document

James Bottomley
2005-09-01T22:24:36Z

On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 18:07 -0400, Luben Tuikov wrote:
> > Well, not really, since it's basic SCSI and the explanation's pretty
> > long. However, the standards have several pages about it. For your
> > reading pleasure, I suggest SAM-2 section 5.9.1 Contingent allegiance
> > (CA) and auto contingent allegiance (ACA)
>
> SCSI Core knows nothing about ACA and/or how to use it.

I don't recall ever claiming that it did. The discussion was about how
the error handler clears contingent allegiance conditions.

> You should also know that no one actually spells out CA or ACA,
> they just use the capitalized abbreviation, plus the fact that
> CA is obsolete.

Lets just say I'm TLA averse.

> Stop impressing the children!

Is that what people who constantly refer to standards are trying to do?
I must say I did wonder ...

James