Re: what does scsi sense means?

From: Erik Mouw
Date: Tue Aug 23 2005 - 08:29:34 EST


On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 05:07:12PM +0800, jeff shia wrote:
> in the file of aic7xxxx.c ,what is the function of the structure of
> scsi_sense?here what is the meaning of sense?just like probe?

Return "value" of a failed command. Normally commands just succeed, but
if it fails, you can get "sense information" which tells you more about
why a particular command failed.


Erik

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