Luben Tuikov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] sez:
> Just as in your case and Tony's case, which I presume
> uses the same RAID firmware vendor, it would've
> probably been better if the RAID firmware vendor
> fixed the firmware to not set the VALID bit if the
> INFORMATION field is not valid.

Point taken regarding the aacraid driver. Dropped the VALID bit, and then did 
some cleanup/simplification of the set_sense procedure and the associated 
parameters. Mike did some preliminary tests when the VALID bit was dropped 
before the 'Re: [PATCH] [SCSI] sd: make error handling more robust' patches 
came on the scene. The change in the SCSI subsystem does make this enclosed 
aacraid patch unnecessary, so this aacraid patch is merely post battle ground 
cleanup. If the simplification is an issue, repugnant, too much for a back-port 
to the stable trees or clouds the point, this patch could be happily distilled 
down to:

diff -ru a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c     2008-02-06 16:26:45.834938955 -0500
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c     2008-02-06 16:32:01.109035329 -0500
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@
                         u32 residue)
 {
-        sense_buf[0] = 0xF0;    /* Sense data valid, err code 70h (current 
error) */
+        sense_buf[0] = 0x70;    /* Sense data invalid, err code 70h (current 
error) */
         sense_buf[1] = 0;       /* Segment number, always zero */

         if (incorrect_length) {

This patch is against current scsi-misc-2.6

ObligatoryDisclaimer: Please accept my condolences regarding Outlook's handling 
of patch attachments. Please use the attached patch and not any inline content.

Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

 drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c |   81 +++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn

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Description: aacraid_set_sense.patch

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