Re: question on SDEV_BLOCK vs. SDEV_QUIESCE

2007-09-25 Thread Oliver Neukum
Am Dienstag 25 September 2007 schrieb Hannes Reinecke: > Oliver Neukum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > what is the difference between these states? What function should > > I call to block a device in order to securely flush the caches? > > > SDEV_BLOCK blocks _any_ commands from the midlayer; eg. if the

Re: question on SDEV_BLOCK vs. SDEV_QUIESCE

2007-09-25 Thread Hannes Reinecke
Oliver Neukum wrote: > Hi, > > what is the difference between these states? What function should > I call to block a device in order to securely flush the caches? > SDEV_BLOCK blocks _any_ commands from the midlayer; eg. if the LLDD is doing some internal recovery. SDEV_QUIESCE only blocks 'norma

question on SDEV_BLOCK vs. SDEV_QUIESCE

2007-09-25 Thread Oliver Neukum
Hi, what is the difference between these states? What function should I call to block a device in order to securely flush the caches? Regards Oliver - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More m