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

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Date:	Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:47:15 -0500
From:	Douglas Gilbert <dougg@...que.net>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] libata: Simulate REPORT LUNS for ATAPI devices

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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@...ibm.com>
> 
> Seems sane to me, but I would like additional comment/testing/etc.
> before applying...

A SCSI target contains zero or more logical units. As
in this case, those logical units may use a different
transport. In such cases a SCSI target needs to emulate responses
to some SCSI commands (and modify the responses to others).
Here is a list that is probably not comprehensive:
  - INQUIRY  (peripheral qualifier in standard response)
  - INQUIRY, device identification VPD page (0x83)
       - obviously for the device name+identifier and port
         name+identifier
       - may need to concatenate those with the lu's
         name+identifier
  - INQUIRY, SCSI ports VPD page
  - INQUIRY, ATA Information VPD page (for SAT)
  - REPORT LUNS [mandatory in SPC-3 hence mandatory in SAT]
  - protocol specific port mode page (0x19)
  - protocol specific lu mode page (0x18) [could simulate]
  - PATA control mode page (0xa,0xf1) (for SAT)
  - protocol specific port _log_ page (0x18)

And for SAT you could add the ATA PASS-THROUGH
commands to that list. Those that are really ambitious
could implement well know logical units (wluns) which are
essentially a clean way to talk directly to the target
rather than a logical unit.


About the multi-lun ATAPI devices comment: how would libata
represent multiple S-ATAPI devices connected to a SATA
port multiplier?

Doug Gilbert


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