Re: [RESEND PATCH v3] scsi: Bypass certain SCSI commands on disks with "use_192_bytes_for_3f" attribute

From: Martin K. Petersen
Date: Thu Mar 20 2025 - 21:09:28 EST

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> However, "lshw" disregards the "use_192_bytes_for_3f" attribute and
> transmits data with a length of 0xff bytes via ioctl, which can cause
> some hard drives to hang and become unusable.

I am really not a fan of using in-kernel workarounds to intercept
passthrough commands.

Why does does lshw perform a MODE SENSE in the first place? What
information is it looking for that isn't available in sysfs?

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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering

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