From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tarkan Erimer Subject: Re: [BISECTED] Re: [BUG] Linux-2.6.31-rc1 Fails To Recognize Some USB Disks Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:31:26 +0300 Message-ID: <4A6D57CE.3000108@turknet.net.tr> References: <4A4472DF.1050900@turknet.net.tr> <4A4878AC.3050208@turknet.net.tr> <4A69932E.90906@turknet.net.tr> <4A69D093.8020108@turknet.net.tr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.turknet.net.tr ([193.192.98.182]:53422 "EHLO mail.turknet.net.tr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753695AbZG0Hb2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:31:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Martin K. Petersen" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox On 07/27/2009 04:28 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote: >>>>>> "Tarkan" == Tarkan Erimer writes: >>>>>> > Tarkan> root@tarkane:~# sg_inq -e /dev/sdb > Tarkan> VPD INQUIRY: extended INQUIRY data page > Tarkan> inquiry: transport: Host_status=0x05 [DID_ABORT] > Tarkan> Driver_status=0x00 [DRIVER_OK, SUGGEST_OK] > Tarkan> inquiry: failed, res=-1 > > *sigh* > > > sd: Avoid sending extended inquiry to legacy/broken devices > > Our existing check for VPD page validity does not handle devices that > refuse to respond to INQUIRY with the EVPD bit set. > > Restrict extended inquiry to devices reporting SBC2/SPC3 or higher. > > Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen > > Martin, Happily, I confirm that your patch worked flawlessly with -rc4! Thanks a lot for your help :-) Cheers! Tarkan