On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 04:54 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Agreed... but that doesn't make it the /right/ thing to do ;-)
> 
> The logic behind the current code, which limits to the maximum size 
> allowed by an attached device on the port, is mainly to leverage the 
> SCSI layer as a filter for bad CDB lengths.
> 
> IOW, it's called "being lazy" ;-)

But you're requesting code changes in the SCSI layer because of this
incorrect usage.  max_cdb is supposed to be the *host* limit.  The mid
layer finds out and respects device limits separately from this.

James


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