linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libata-scsi: be tolerant of 12-byte ATAPI commands in 16-byte CDBs

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Message-ID: <473BAE3B.2050906@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:26:03 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Mark Lord <liml@....ca>
CC:	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@....net>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata-scsi:  be tolerant of 12-byte ATAPI commands in
 16-byte CDBs

Mark Lord wrote:
> Sebastian Kemper reported that issuing CD/DVD commands under libata
> is not fully compatible with ide-scsi.  In particular, the
> GPCMD_SET_STREAMING
> was being rejected at the host level in some instances.
> 
> The reason is that libata-scsi insists upon the cmd_len field exactly
> matching
> the SCSI opcode being issued, whereas ide-scsi tolerates 12-byte commands
> contained within a 16-byte (cmd_len) CDB.
> 
> There doesn't seem to be a good reason for us to not be compatible there,
> so here is a patch to fix libata-scsi to permit SCSI opcodes so long as
> they fit within whatever size CDB is provided.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@...ox.com>

applied to #tj-upstream-fixes.

-- 
tejun
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