From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263100AbUEKLt5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 May 2004 07:49:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263040AbUEKLt5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 May 2004 07:49:57 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:59856 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263100AbUEKLtk (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 May 2004 07:49:40 -0400 Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:49:36 +0200 From: Kurt Garloff To: Linux SCSI list Cc: Linux kernel list Subject: [PATCH] Format Unit can take many hours Message-ID: <20040511114936.GI4828@tpkurt.garloff.de> Mail-Followup-To: Kurt Garloff , Linux SCSI list , Linux kernel list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NqNl6FRZtoRUn5bW" Content-Disposition: inline X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.5-9-KG i686 X-PGP-Info: on http://www.garloff.de/kurt/mykeys.pgp X-PGP-Key: 1024D/1C98774E, 1024R/CEFC9215 Organization: SUSE/Novell User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --NqNl6FRZtoRUn5bW Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="dwWFXG4JqVa0wfCP" Content-Disposition: inline --dwWFXG4JqVa0wfCP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, the timeout for FORMAT_UNIT should be much longer; I've seen 8hrs already (75Gig). I've increased the timeout from 2hrs to 12hrs. Regards, --=20 Kurt Garloff Cologne, DE=20 SUSE LINUX AG, Nuernberg, DE SUSE Labs (Head) --dwWFXG4JqVa0wfCP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="scsi-format-unit-timeout.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --- linux-2.6.5.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c 2004-04-04 05:38:20.00000000= 0 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.5/drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c 2004-05-11 08:59:12.837421215 +02= 00 @@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ #include "scsi_logging.h" =20 #define NORMAL_RETRIES 5 -#define IOCTL_NORMAL_TIMEOUT (10 * HZ) -#define FORMAT_UNIT_TIMEOUT (2 * 60 * 60 * HZ) +#define IOCTL_NORMAL_TIMEOUT (10 * HZ) +#define FORMAT_UNIT_TIMEOUT (12 * 60 * 60 * HZ) #define START_STOP_TIMEOUT (60 * HZ) #define MOVE_MEDIUM_TIMEOUT (5 * 60 * HZ) #define READ_ELEMENT_STATUS_TIMEOUT (5 * 60 * HZ) -#define READ_DEFECT_DATA_TIMEOUT (60 * HZ ) /* ZIP-250 on parallel port t= akes as long! */ +#define READ_DEFECT_DATA_TIMEOUT (60 * HZ) /* ZIP-250 on parallel port ta= kes as long! */ =20 #define MAX_BUF PAGE_SIZE =20 --dwWFXG4JqVa0wfCP-- --NqNl6FRZtoRUn5bW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAoL3QxmLh6hyYd04RAvzSAJ9YleDalzGxaK+gTw8ybXPBXbUZUwCgkncs LHGtlBtB28PKS5WBcFDIQo0= =AgjH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NqNl6FRZtoRUn5bW--