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[80.39.130.142]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-48e8f42a845sm39498845e9.20.2026.05.13.04.54.05 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 13 May 2026 04:54:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6d0bcec8-1d73-43c5-a7dc-88ac474c88e4@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 13:54:04 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: devinfo: Add BLIST_NO_RSOC for Promise VTrak E310f From: Xose Vazquez Perez To: Alexander Perlis , "James E.J. Bottomley" , "Martin K. Petersen" , Nikkos Svoboda References: <20260512231254.27530-1-aperlis@math.lsu.edu> Content-Language: en-US, en-GB, es-ES Cc: SCSI ML In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 5/13/26 1:08 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote: > On 5/13/26 1:12 AM, Alexander Perlis wrote: > >> The extremely slow boots reported July 2014 in >>    [Bug 79901](https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79901) >> for Promise VTrak E610f 3U 16-bay FC RAID enclosure occur also with >> the Promise VTrak E310f 2U 12-bay FC RAID enclosure. The 2014 >>    [patch](https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=144101&action=diff) >> added support for the BLIST_NO_RSOC flag and specified that flag for the >> Promise VTrak E610f. This current patch simply adds the E310f to that same >> list. (My workaround has been to include >>    scsi_mod.dev_flags=Promise:\"VTrak E310f\":0x20000040 >> among my kernel boot parameters.) >> >> One curiosity is the additional BLIST_SPARSELUN flag. This was also in >> the 2014 patch for the E610f, and was already in place for *all* Promise >> devices since 2007 due to commit >>    e0b2e597d5dd ("[SCSI] stex: fix id mapping issue") >> which added the line >>    {"Promise", "", NULL, BLIST_SPARSELUN} >> The 2007 commit message talks of issues with SuperTrak EX (stex) but >> the added line did not limit itself to that particular device family. >> The current patch for E310F, like the 2014 patch for E610f, adds >> BLIST_NO_RSOC while preserving BLIST_SPARSELUN from 2007. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alexander Perlis >> Suggested-by: Nikkos Svoboda >> --- >>   drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c | 1 + >>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c >> index 68a992494b12..c6defe1c3152 100644 >> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c >> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c >> @@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ static struct { >>       {"PIONEER", "CD-ROM DRM-602X", NULL, BLIST_FORCELUN | BLIST_SINGLELUN}, >>       {"PIONEER", "CD-ROM DRM-604X", NULL, BLIST_FORCELUN | BLIST_SINGLELUN}, >>       {"PIONEER", "CD-ROM DRM-624X", NULL, BLIST_FORCELUN | BLIST_SINGLELUN}, >> +    {"Promise", "VTrak E310f", NULL, BLIST_SPARSELUN | BLIST_NO_RSOC}, >>       {"Promise", "VTrak E610f", NULL, BLIST_SPARSELUN | BLIST_NO_RSOC}, >>       {"Promise", "", NULL, BLIST_SPARSELUN}, >>       {"QEMU", "QEMU CD-ROM", NULL, BLIST_SKIP_VPD_PAGES}, > > > Regarding the Promise VTrak family, the Ex10 series models all share the > same hardware base and firmware: > > Firmware SR2.8(3.36.0000.02) for PROMISE VTrak Ex10 series models: > E610fD - 3U, 16 bays, FC, dual controller > E610fS - 3U, 16 bays, FC, single controller > E610sD - 3U, 16 bays, SAS, dual controller > E610sS - 3U, 16 bays, SAS, single controller > E310fD - 2U, 12 bays, FC, dual controller > E310fS - 2U, 12 bays, FC, dual controller > E310sD - 2U, 12 bays, SAS, dual controller > E310sS - 2U, 12 bays, SAS, single controller > > Instead of adding each specific model, it might be more efficient to use a > broader match string to cover the entire family, as they all exhibit the > same behavior. > > I would suggest consolidating these entries. For example: > -     {"Promise", "VTrak E610f", NULL, BLIST_SPARSELUN | BLIST_NO_RSOC}, > +     {"Promise", "VTrak E310", NULL, BLIST_SPARSELUN | BLIST_NO_RSOC}, > +     {"Promise", "VTrak E610", NULL, BLIST_SPARSELUN | BLIST_NO_RSOC}, > > This would cover all variants.