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    SubjectRe: Recent removal of bsg read/write support
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    On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 1:37 PM Dror Levin <drorl@infinidat.com> wrote:
    >
    > Note: I am not subscribed to LKML so please CC replies to this email.
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > We have an internal tool that uses the bsg read/write interface to
    > issue SCSI commands as part of a test suite for a storage device.
    >
    > After recently reading on LWN that this interface is to be removed we
    > tried porting our code to use sg instead. However, that raises new
    > issues - mainly getting ENOMEM over iSCSI for unknown reasons.
    >
    > Because of this we would like to continue using the bsg interface,
    > even if some changes are required to meet security concerns.
    >
    > Is there any chance for this removal to be reverted? I saw it was
    > already included in 4.19-rc1.
    >
    > Regards,
    > Dror



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    Thanks,
    //richard

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