Re: Oops with 2.2.13pre17 and ide-scsi

Wakko Warner (wakko@animx.eu.org)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:33:40 -0400

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> In message <19991018205258.A14303@animx.eu.org>, Wakko Warner writes:
> +-----
> | > This happens when you compile in "probe all luns" with ide-scsi enabled.
> | > Disable "probe all luns" and the 8 targed ids will go away. Guaranteed.
> | >
> | > It should probably be counted as an ide-scsi bug? (Do any ide devices
> | > legitimately have more than one ide-scsi lun?)
> |
> | Isn't there a way to fix this so that probing all luns works correctly with
> | ide-scsi?
> +--->8
>
> Define "correctly".
>
> SCSI used to have this problem: broken devices that responded on all LUNs.
> As I understand it, IDE-SCSI has the same problem SCSI used to have: there
> are a few IDE-SCSI devices which treat LUNs correctly, but the majority
> improperly respond on all LUNs.

You just defined correctly.

> Which, to me, suggests a blacklist (or a whitelist, which may well be
> smaller at this point in time) is needed to suppress LUN probing for broken
> devices.

I was thinking the same thing. There aren't that many ide drive that have
more than one logical unit. Most of which are changers (had an ide 4disc
changer at one point, now a friend has it).

I don't suppose dvdram comes in ide do they?

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