Re: [PATCH] set CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN by default and update help

["Éric Piel" <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net>]

James Bottomley schreef:
> On Sun, 2009-05-03 at 15:57 +0200, Éric Piel wrote:
:
> 
> Actually, I'd really rather not alter the default value of this setting.
> Multi-lun is rapidly becoming obsolete: any modern devices conforming to
> SCSI-3 use REPORT LUNS instead of doing LUN scanning, which gets us out
> of the issue.  Conversely, the ancient devices which rely on correctly
> setting this are more likely to get upset about any change in the
> balance.
Yes, I understand. Would like me to resend the patch without the change
on the default value. IMHO, it provides a better wording.

> 
> In your case, just add the changer's inquiry strings with a
> BLIST_FORCELUN.
Where, into the usb-storage driver? I guess there is no usb device which
can get confused by this, so it should work fine as well :-)

Eric
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