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

Alan Stern
2010-12-08T15:16:46Z

On Tue, 7 Dec 2010, James Bottomley wrote:

> Well, not other than I've already said: I think it looks OK, so I
> marked it for my merge window queue. I'd still rather like USB people
> to confirm that the original reason why this was done (to prevent device
> crashes on the mode sense) is no longer an issue

The original reason for adding the skip_ms_page_8 flag still applies.
To assume it is no longer an issue would not be safe -- there's no
reason to believe that the buggy devices it was meant for have all been
retired.

> ... but it's only USB
> stuff, so suppose I'm OK with finding out in the field.

With USB there's often no other choice.

Alan Stern