Re: [RFC] How to implement linux_block commands in scsi midlayer

2007-02-19 Thread Elias Oltmanns
[ cc-ing Jens so he can intervene in case I got him wrong in the first place. ] Hi Doug, Douglas Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elias, If you want to define a SCSI operation code for internal use within the kernel, please make sure that the byte isn't in the range 0 to 255 (inclusive).

[PATCH 1/3] pci: New PCI-E reset API

2007-02-19 Thread Brian King
Adds a new API which can be used to issue various types of PCI-E reset, including PCI-E warm reset and PCI-E hot reset. This is needed for an ipr PCI-E adapter which does not properly implement BIST. Running BIST on this adapter results in PCI-E errors. The only reliable reset mechanism that

[PATCH 2/3] powerpc: Add powerpc PCI-E reset API implementation

2007-02-19 Thread Brian King
Adds the pSeries platform implementation for a new PCI API which can be used to issue various types of PCI-E reset, including PCI-E warm reset and PCI-E hot reset. This is needed for an ipr PCI-E adapter which does not properly implement BIST. Running BIST on this adapter results in PCI-E errors.

Re: [PATCH] SCSI: Make error printing more user friendly

2007-02-19 Thread Martin K. Petersen
James == James Bottomley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: James I think we should be going through dev_printk as the primary, James particularly as doing this would make the output of sdev_printk James different from scmd_printk. How about Fine with me except we're now back to having inconsistent

[PATCH] qla2xxx: fix RSCN handling on big-endian systems

2007-02-19 Thread malahal
qla2xxx driver fails to handle RSCN events affecting area or domain due to an endian issue on big endian systems. This fixes the port_id_t structure on big endian systems. Signed-off-by: Malahal Naineni [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff -r c860739bb0f4 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h ---

[RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the broken SCSI_ACORNSCSI_3 driver

2007-02-19 Thread Adrian Bunk
The SCSI_ACORNSCSI_3 driver: - has been marked as BROKEN for more than one year and - is still marked as BROKEN. Drivers that had been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seem to be unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future. But if anyone wants to ever revive this driver, the code is