Re: [PATCH repost 3] [SCSI] Retrieve the Caching mode page

Luben Tuikov
2010-11-23T08:43:09Z

--- On Mon, 11/22/10, Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel-JGfshJpz5UybPZpvUQj5UqxOck334EZe@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> That said, Luben's patch is kinda slick.

Thank you.

> sd-modalready asks for a lot of
> mode page data; it does this so that it's request matches
> the observed
> behavior of a "popular" Redmond, WA-based OS.  Luben's
> patch just searches
> through that data to see if it can find what it is looking
> for, rather than
> rqeuesting a specific mode page later (which may not be
> supported).

Yes, devices wouldn't sense a change in requests. The patch preserves this quality of device discovery.

Luben

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