From: Stefan Haberland Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:44:23 +0000 (+0200) Subject: [S390] dasd: check if raw track access is supported X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=34cd551a31cd4e35cd3f9ed9f13bb46b4ee98508;p=linux-beck.git [S390] dasd: check if raw track access is supported To use raw track access some special storage server commands are needed. Older storage hardware may not support these commands. So check if raw track access is possible while setting the DASD online. Signed-off-by: Stefan Haberland Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens --- diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c index 30fb979d684d..6e835c9fdfcb 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c +++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c @@ -1461,6 +1461,15 @@ dasd_eckd_check_characteristics(struct dasd_device *device) "Read device characteristic failed, rc=%d", rc); goto out_err3; } + + if ((device->features & DASD_FEATURE_USERAW) && + !(private->rdc_data.facilities.RT_in_LR)) { + dev_err(&device->cdev->dev, "The storage server does not " + "support raw-track access\n"); + rc = -EINVAL; + goto out_err3; + } + /* find the valid cylinder size */ if (private->rdc_data.no_cyl == LV_COMPAT_CYL && private->rdc_data.long_no_cyl)