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Re: Support for CDB length > 16: msg#00288

Subject: Re: Support for CDB length > 16
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:15:31PM +0200, Liran Schour wrote:
> > Is there an upper limit on the size of the cdb you are interested in
> > (e.g. XDWRITE EXTENDED in SBC-2 is 64 bytes)?
> I have an upperlimit of 256 bytes.

That's far beyond what we could increase the cmnd buffers to.

> 
> > How were you planning to pass the cdb (length > 16) to the kernel?
> I am planning to build a filesystem in the kernel that will be over an OSD
> SCSI device. This layer will interact directly with the SCSI system.

I don't think there's a lot of chance to see your project supported in
mainline kernels.  Maybe we'll have to find a way to make it work when
it's ready for mainline submission, but before that you're on your own..

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