From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932169AbVHWN3Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:29:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932170AbVHWN3Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:29:16 -0400 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:42355 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932169AbVHWN3P (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:29:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:29:14 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: jeff shia Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: what does scsi sense means? Message-ID: <20050823132914.GB29062@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <7cd5d4b4050823020772cc5c9e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7cd5d4b4050823020772cc5c9e@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 05:07:12PM +0800, jeff shia wrote: > in the file of aic7xxxx.c ,what is the function of the structure of > scsi_sense?here what is the meaning of sense?just like probe? Return "value" of a failed command. Normally commands just succeed, but if it fails, you can get "sense information" which tells you more about why a particular command failed. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands