[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>
This commit is contained in:
Stefan Haberland 2011-08-03 16:44:23 +02:00 committed by Heiko Carstens
parent 9dc7356ee1
commit 34cd551a31

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@ -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)