linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/3] clean gendisk out of scsi ULD structs

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Message-ID: <20070705230337.GT21478@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2007 00:03:37 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Douglas Gilbert <dougg@...que.net>
Cc:	Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>,
	James.Bottomley@...elEye.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	jeff@...zik.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 0/3] clean gendisk out of scsi ULD structs

On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 06:09:27PM -0400, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> Since a scsi_device object is usually a SCSI logical unit,
> one wonders why it would contain a gendisk object. Logical
> units aren't necessarily disks, they might be enclosures or
> just place holders that respond to an INQUIRY (e.g. lun=0
> when the enclosing target has other active lus whose lun!=0).

gendisk is just a tag for requests coming into given queue.
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