linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mass storage : emulation of sat scsi_pass

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Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:51:39 -0700
From:	Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@...-eyed-alien.net>
To:	matthieu castet <castet.matthieu@...e.fr>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  mass storage : emulation of sat scsi_pass_thru with ATACB

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:22:09PM +0100, matthieu castet wrote:
> Matthew Dharm wrote:
> >On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 10:42:50PM +0100, matthieu castet wrote:
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>here an update version of the patch
> >
> >We're getting very close here.

> +		unsigned char sk, asc, ascq;

> +		sk = RECOVERED_ERROR;
> +		asc = 0; /* ATA PASS THROUGH INFORMATION AVAILABLE */
> +		ascq = 0x1D;

> +		/* XXX we should generate sk, asc, ascq from status and error
> +		 * regs
> +		 * (see 11.1 Error translation ? ATA device error to SCSI error map)
> +		 * and ata_to_sense_error from libata.
> +		 */
> +		sb[1] = sk;
> +		sb[2] = asc;
> +		sb[3] = ascq;

I may have missed this in an earlier patch, but why to you declare and use
these 3 variables like this?  Seems odd and confusing to me....

Matt

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