Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 23:25:31 +0200 From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble with dump on ncr Message-ID: <19971012232531.05888@mi.uni-koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <19971012122910.ZX36246@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 12:29:10PM %2B0200 References: <19971011091605.32335@mi.uni-koeln.de> <199710120615.AAA18578@pluto.plutotech.com> <19971012094426.47163@mi.uni-koeln.de> <19971012122910.ZX36246@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On 1997-10-12 12:29 +0200, J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: > As Stefan Esser wrote: > > > Well, I guess it is save to just exclude those > > ASCQ values for ASC 0x04 that indicate a simple > > motor start command is not sufficient (0x04/0x03 > > surely does not ask for a START STOP UNIT command :) > > Hmm, but it can't hurt to attempt a START STOP UNIT for any NOT READY, > as long as you: > > . make sure you'll abort after a number of failed retries for the > original command, > . make sure to immediately abort after getting a nested NOT READY. >From the list ASC/ASCQ codes: 04h/00h DTLPWRSOMCAE LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, CAUSE NOT REPORTABLE 04h/01h DTLPWRSOMCAE LOGICAL UNIT IS IN PROCESS OF BECOMING READY 04h/02h DTLPWRSOMCAE LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, INITIALIZING CMD. REQUIRED 04h/03h DTLPWRSOMCAE LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, MANUAL INTERVENTION REQUIRED 04h/04h DTL O LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, FORMAT IN PROGRESS 04h/05h DT W OMCA LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, REBUILD IN PROGRESS 04h/06h DT W OMCA LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, RECALCULATION IN PROGRESS 04h/07h DTLPWRSOMCAE LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, OPERATION IN PROGRESS 04h/08h R LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY, LONG WRITE IN PROGRESS You probably don't want to send a START UNIT after ASC=4 and ASCQ=3 has been returned. Same for ASCQ=4 to 8 ... You never know how robust the firmware of a device is ... Regards, STefan
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