On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 21:46 -0800, Andrew Vasquez wrote: > Returning back DID_IMM_RETRY for these 'transport' related conditions > would of course help in this issue -- but at the same time bring with it > several side-effects which may not be desirable. > > So, beyond this particular circumstance, what would be considered a > 'proper' return status for this type of event?
Well, the correct return, since this is a condition from the storage, is simply the check condition and the sense code (rather than having the driver interpret it). > > Would this be an approach to consider? Or should we tackle the problem > > by addressing the quirky (cmd->retries > cmd->allowed) state? That's what I think the correct approach should be....we have a few other quirky devices that aren't pleased with our current NOT_READY handling. Were you going to look into coding up a patch for this? James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
