On 08/03/2017 05:10 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 03/08/2017 15:26, Hannes Reinecke wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> due to a customer issue I've added simple subenclosure support >> to the SCSI emulation. The patch simply converts the current invisible >> LUN0 into an enclosure device; existing setups using LUN0 as disks or >> CD-ROMs will not be affected. > > What is the issue exactly? That is, for what is it necessary to have a > dummy enclosure? > Well, stock linux displays some very interesting error messages for these types of enclosures. Which was the prime mover for doing this.
> I agree with Dan that this need machine type compatibility gunk. For > example, could the new device affect /dev/sgN numbering? > Yes, indeed it would. What about a new option to the scsi driver? With that each user could selectively enable it, and we wouldn't need to worry with machine type compability... Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Teamlead Storage & Networking h...@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: F. Imendörffer, J. Smithard, J. Guild, D. Upmanyu, G. Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
