Re: [PATCH v2] libata: Simulate REPORT LUNS for ATAPI devices

Jeff Garzik
2006-12-07T12:21:00Z

Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> The Quantum GoVault SATAPI removable disk device returns ATA_ERR in
> response to a REPORT LUNS packet. If this happens to an ATAPI device
> that is attached to a SAS controller (this is the case with sas_ata),
> the device does not load because SCSI won't touch a "SCSI device"
> that won't report its LUNs. Since most ATAPI devices don't support
> multiple LUNs anyway, we might as well fake a response like we do for
> ATA devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>

Seems sane to me, but I would like additional comment/testing/etc.
before applying...