Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of SAT-with-UAS-Linux

Timestamp:

Aug 9, 2019, 3:31:04 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Nathan Stratton Treadway

Comment:

tweak /proc/scsi/usb-storage paragraphs

SAT-with-UAS-Linux

@@ -236 +236 @@
 [=#proc_scsi_usb-storage] Using /proc/scsi/usb-storage/[HOSTNUMBER} to display active flag bits:
 
-* If a device is attached to the usb-storage driver, there will be an associated file under `/proc/scsi/usb-storage` which will display information related to that particular device driver instance's internal state -- including a list of the active flag bits.
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-   For example, after setting the quirks for this particular USB ID to ":u" and pugging in the device, the kernel detected it with a `scsi host4: usb-storage 2-1:1.0` message, and the /proc info file showed:
+* If a device is attached to the usb-storage driver, there will be an associated file under `/proc/scsi/usb-storage` which will display information related to that particular device driver instance's internal state... and in particular the Quirks: line displays a list of the active flag bits for this device -- whether set by a manual override, an entry in the  unusual_devs.h or unusual_uas.h files, or by dynamically by logic coded within the driver.
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+   For example, after setting the quirks string for this particular USB ID to ":u" and pugging in the device, the kernel detected it with a `scsi host4: usb-storage 2-1:1.0` message, and the /proc info file showed:
    {{{
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@@ -251 +251 @@
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    }}}
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-* Unfortunately the uas driver does not create an equivalent `/proc/scsi/uas/*` file... so when a device does get attached to that driver, one can't use this method to determine if it has (for example) the NO_ATA_1X flag set....
-
+   (thus confirming the quirks string had taken effect).
+
+* Unfortunately the uas driver does not create an equivalent `/proc/scsi/uas/*` file, so this method doesn't help when you are attempting to determine (for example) whether or not the NO_ATA_1X flag is set on a uas device....
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