Subject: Re: SCSI disks don't spin up automatically after scsictl sdx stop
To: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/17/2005 22:16:14
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005, Michael Lorenz wrote:
> Hello,
>
>>> Found the problem. There's a typo in mesh.c, it would return status
>>> info like SCSI_CHECK in xs->xs_status, but scsipi looks for it in
>>> xs->status - with the result that no one ever requested sense data.
>>> With this fixed both drives spin up automatically and I guess a
>>> bunch of other weirdnesses ( like occasional bogus 'drive offline'
>>> messages when probing ) will just disappear.
>>
>> Good find... please check it in!
>
> Done. Suddenly the LONG delays when accessing a ZIP drive are gone.
Excellent - if this doesn't make 3.0 can we get a note in
LAST_MINUTE?
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