linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: replace broken specification URL

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Date:   Fri, 9 Sep 2016 10:16:46 +0200
From:   Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>
To:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: replace broken specification URL

Hi James,

Thank you very much for your help...

On 02/07/2016 16:49, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Sat, 2016-07-02 at 08:56 +0200, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
>> The t10.org website containing SCSI-2 draft specifications now
>> requires to be from a member company to access the documents.
>>
>> This replaces the now broken link with another public resource
>> where the specifications can be found.
> Just because T10 implemented a pay wall for standards, doesn't mean
> they're not still the definitive source.
>
> Adding a note about where you can get free versions is a useful
> service, please do, but we have to keep the official links.  To be
> honest the Duisberg site doesn't seem useful because it only has the
> CAM standard.

Understood. I found another location where all the documents seem to be 
available:
http://www.csit-sun.pub.ro/~cpop/Documentatie_SMP/Standarde_magistrale/SCSI/
>
> The Wayback machine is more useful because it keeps a copy of the site
> (with the attached standards) just before the paywall went up:
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20080828112749/http://t10.org/drafts.htm

However, the PDF file from 
https://web.archive.org/web/20080828112749/http://t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/cam/cam-r12b.pdf 
fails to load at a 130810 byte limit. Other people have reported a 
similar file size issue in the past.

So, should we only that the cam-r12b document can be found from 
http://www.t10.org/t10docs.htm (registration required)?, and tell that a 
copy can be found on 
http://www.csit-sun.pub.ro/~cpop/Documentatie_SMP/Standarde_magistrale/SCSI/?

I'm trying to fix broken links in kernel documentation, which I publish 
on http://free-electrons.com/kerneldoc/ . I have a broken link checker 
for the http://free-electrons.com/ website, and it finds all the broken 
links on http://free-electrons.com/kerneldoc/ . That's a good thing, 
isn't need, but it means I have to get rid of the broken links :)

Thanks again for your help,

Cheers,

Michael.

-- 
Michael Opdenacker, CEO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com