linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi disk: Use its own buffer for the vpd request

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Message-ID: <yq1fvszds47.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>
Date:	Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:51:20 -0400
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@...tmail.fm>
Cc:	Nix <nix@...eri.org.uk>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, nick.cheng@...ca.com.tw,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi disk: Use its own buffer for the vpd request

>>>>> "Bernd" == Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@...tmail.fm> writes:

[Sorry about the delay. Catching up on a couple of weeks worth of email]

Bernd> So if anything else than a Seagate drive is connected to an Areca
Bernd> controller with older firmware it will still fail.

It's just blacklisting a specific Seagate drive. However, skip_vpd_pages
is also set by USB.

I'm still completely in favor of your patch to reduce the VPD buffer
size. Please resubmit and feel free to add my Acked-by:.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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