Re: [PATCH 0/2] libata: MODE SELECT

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> Jeff,
> Here is another shot at adding MODE SELECT to
> libata. I have used sat-r06, sbc-3 and spc-4 as
> a guide. Compliance on the ATA side has some issues:
>   - no mechanism to issue 2 or more ATA commands
>     when translating a single SCSI command [in the
>     upstream branch, there have been patches ...]
>   - relies on the dev->id array (IDENTIFY DEVICE response)
>     always being up to date. Despite assurances I cannot
>     see how that is the case when multiple hosts
>     (initiators) can access a SATA disk.
> 
> This patch is broken into two parts and is against
> libata-dev's upstream branch:
>   1) strengthen MODE SENSE processing and make
>      default mode pages visible within libata-scsi.c
>   2) add MODE SELECT SCSI command support.


Thanks for splitting it up.  I'm going to mess around with the best way 
to issue multiple commands, and hold on to your patch #2 until that happens.

	Jeff