[834] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: scsi.c patch to allow resets at boot time.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard N. Zubkoff)
Tue Oct 22 13:14:13 1996
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 09:56:35 -0700
From: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com>
To: Dario_Ballabio@milano.europe.dg.com
CC: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: <199610221351.PAA20115@milano.europe.dg.com.>
(Dario_Ballabio@milano.europe.dg.com)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:51:09 +0200
From: Dario_Ballabio@milano.europe.dg.com
Here enclosed a small but important patch to scsi.c. The aim of this
patch is to allow a scsi reset also near boot time (i.e. before
MIN_RESET_PERIOD seconds from the boot). As a matter of fact some buggy
drives (like SEAGATE ST1480) report a target_status BUSY until the
scsi bus is reset, causing a READ CAPACITY failed error at drive
detection.
This patch allow the mid level scsi code to perform the reset while
doing a MAYREDO, after 2 retires.
Good point. I've made a version that patches cleanly into 2.0.x and am sending
it to Linus for 2.0.24 and 2.1.x. Thanks.
Leonard
