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authorStefan Haberland <stefan.haberland@de.ibm.com>2011-08-03 10:44:23 -0400
committerHeiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>2011-08-03 10:44:19 -0400
commit34cd551a31cd4e35cd3f9ed9f13bb46b4ee98508 (patch)
tree7dbea7ccd0d77864f75e85b353450fb8bd54f2c2 /drivers/s390
parent9dc7356ee1266d6a69fc80f28d006f71c20bf172 (diff)
[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 <stefan.haberland@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/s390')
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
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)
1461 "Read device characteristic failed, rc=%d", rc); 1461 "Read device characteristic failed, rc=%d", rc);
1462 goto out_err3; 1462 goto out_err3;
1463 } 1463 }
1464
1465 if ((device->features & DASD_FEATURE_USERAW) &&
1466 !(private->rdc_data.facilities.RT_in_LR)) {
1467 dev_err(&device->cdev->dev, "The storage server does not "
1468 "support raw-track access\n");
1469 rc = -EINVAL;
1470 goto out_err3;
1471 }
1472
1464 /* find the valid cylinder size */ 1473 /* find the valid cylinder size */
1465 if (private->rdc_data.no_cyl == LV_COMPAT_CYL && 1474 if (private->rdc_data.no_cyl == LV_COMPAT_CYL &&
1466 private->rdc_data.long_no_cyl) 1475 private->rdc_data.long_no_cyl)