SCSI bug fix for 2.6.23-rc8

This is, unfortunately, not a recent regression but it's only been recently diagnosed. Apparently the SCSI Parallel transport class domain validation cable width detection wasn't working, leading to cases where controllers with damaged cables would end up hanging the system (the reported one was an aic79xx controller, but the potential is there for all SPI based systems). This bug would *only* affect systems whose cable integrity or connectors were compromised, so it isn't life threatening to every SCSI Parallel installation, but the consequence of running into it is a system hang.

The fix is available here:

master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6.git

The short changelog is:

James Bottomley (1):
scsi_transport_spi: fix domain validation failure from incorrect
width setting

And the diffstat:

 scsi_transport_spi.c |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

James

We've had another late arriving bug fix:

commit ff4abd6cfacf0bb23a077f615d3a5cd17359db1b

Author: David Miller <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Aug 24 22:25:58 2007 -0700

[SCSI] esp: fix instance numbering.

Because the ->unique_id is set too late, the ESP scsi host instance numbers in the kernel log during probing are wrong.

Bug reported by Meelis Roos.

Which I've added. The diffstat is now:

 esp_scsi.c           |    3 ++-
 scsi_transport_spi.c |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

James