Re: [PATCH v2] libata: Simulate REPORT LUNS for ATAPI devices

[Patrick Mansfield]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 03:32:20PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> The Quantum GoVault SATAPI removable disk device returns ATA_ERR in
> response to a REPORT LUNS packet.  If this happens to an ATAPI device
> that is attached to a SAS controller (this is the case with sas_ata),
> the device does not load because SCSI won't touch a "SCSI device"
> that won't report its LUNs.  Since most ATAPI devices don't support
> multiple LUNs anyway, we might as well fake a response like we do for
> ATA devices.

If the REPORT LUNS fails, we should fall back to a sequential scan.

Is (or why isn't) the error propagated back to scsi?

> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c |    9 +++++++--
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
> index 47ea111..5ecf260 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
> @@ -2833,8 +2833,13 @@ static inline int __ata_scsi_queuecmd(st
>  			rc = ata_scsi_translate(dev, cmd, done, xlat_func);
>  		else
>  			ata_scsi_simulate(dev, cmd, done);
> -	} else
> -		rc = ata_scsi_translate(dev, cmd, done, atapi_xlat);
> +	} else {
> +		/* Simulate REPORT LUNS for ATAPI devices */
> +		if (cmd->cmnd[0] == REPORT_LUNS)
> +			ata_scsi_simulate(dev, cmd, done);
> +		else
> +			rc = ata_scsi_translate(dev, cmd, done, atapi_xlat);
> +	}
> 
>  	return rc;
>  }

-- Patrick Mansfield
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