(CC'ing linux-scsi on this)

On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 01:28:53AM +0300, Serge (gentoosiast) Koksharov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 02:31:45PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > This suggests that the device needs a longer timeout for the INQUIRY
> > command.  The default timeout is 5 seconds (the driver adds an extra
> > 0.5 seconds for some reason), but it is a module parameter you can
> > adjust.  Try adding
> > 
> >     options sd_mod inq_timeout=10
> > 
> > to your /etc/modprobe.conf.  This might fix the problem.
> 
> Yes! Your suggestion solved my problem, thank you very much.

What we have here is a device which takes a particularly long time to
respond to an INQUIRY command (a little over 6 seconds, I think).

Would there be any objections to permanently modifying sd_mod to change the
default INQUIRY timeout to 10 seconds (currently 5)?

Matt

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