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Date:      Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:22:04 -0700 (MST)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        hselasky@c2i.net
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, ed@fxq.nl, pietro.cerutti@gmail.com
Subject:   Re: atacontrol kernel crash (atausb?)
Message-ID:  <20070127.192204.-862243883.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <200701241254.51900.hselasky@c2i.net>
References:  <e572718c0701150824o24d14ff8t4f42dbe1cd0314c6@mail.gmail.com> <20070124113858.GG64263@hoeg.nl> <200701241254.51900.hselasky@c2i.net>

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In message: <200701241254.51900.hselasky@c2i.net>
            Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> writes:
: Instead of having all these quirks, isn't it possible that the SCSI layer can 
: auto-probe this?

The short answer is no.  There's no reliable way to tell if a device
supports a given scsi command, and some devices freak out (lock up)
when sent one.

Warner



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