Re: [PATCH] scsi: replace broken specification URL

[Tyrel Datwyler <turtle.in.the.kernel@gmail.com>]

On 09/09/2016 01:16 AM, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
> Thank you very much for your help...
> 
> On 02/07/2016 16:49, James Bottomley wrote:
>> On Sat, 2016-07-02 at 08:56 +0200, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
>>> The t10.org website containing SCSI-2 draft specifications now
>>> requires to be from a member company to access the documents.
>>>
>>> This replaces the now broken link with another public resource
>>> where the specifications can be found.
>> Just because T10 implemented a pay wall for standards, doesn't mean
>> they're not still the definitive source.
>>
>> Adding a note about where you can get free versions is a useful
>> service, please do, but we have to keep the official links.  To be
>> honest the Duisberg site doesn't seem useful because it only has the
>> CAM standard.
> 
> Understood. I found another location where all the documents seem to be 
> available:
> http://www.csit-sun.pub.ro/~cpop/Documentatie_SMP/Standarde_magistrale/SCSI/

This link is just a blank page with the CSIT background image when I
follow it. This worked for me though:

http://www.csit-sun.pub.ro/~cpop/?dir=./Documentatie_SMP/Standarde_magistrale/SCSI

-Tyrel

>>
>> The Wayback machine is more useful because it keeps a copy of the site
>> (with the attached standards) just before the paywall went up:
>>
>> https://web.archive.org/web/20080828112749/http://t10.org/drafts.htm
> 
> However, the PDF file from 
> https://web.archive.org/web/20080828112749/http://t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/cam/cam-r12b.pdf 
> fails to load at a 130810 byte limit. Other people have reported a 
> similar file size issue in the past.
> 
> So, should we only that the cam-r12b document can be found from 
> http://www.t10.org/t10docs.htm (registration required)?, and tell that a 
> copy can be found on 
> http://www.csit-sun.pub.ro/~cpop/Documentatie_SMP/Standarde_magistrale/SCSI/?
> 
> I'm trying to fix broken links in kernel documentation, which I publish 
> on http://free-electrons.com/kerneldoc/ . I have a broken link checker 
> for the http://free-electrons.com/ website, and it finds all the broken 
> links on http://free-electrons.com/kerneldoc/ . That's a good thing, 
> isn't need, but it means I have to get rid of the broken links :)
> 
> Thanks again for your help,
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael.
>