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-rw-r--r--hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
index 8d92e0d..3733d2c 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ static void scsi_destroy(SCSIDevice *s)
static int scsi_generic_initfn(SCSIDevice *s)
{
+ int rc;
int sg_version;
struct sg_scsi_id scsiid;
@@ -412,8 +413,11 @@ static int scsi_generic_initfn(SCSIDevice *s)
}
/* check we are using a driver managing SG_IO (version 3 and after */
- if (bdrv_ioctl(s->conf.bs, SG_GET_VERSION_NUM, &sg_version) < 0) {
- error_report("scsi generic interface not supported");
+ rc = bdrv_ioctl(s->conf.bs, SG_GET_VERSION_NUM, &sg_version);
+ if (rc < 0) {
+ error_report("cannot get SG_IO version number: %s. "
+ "Is this a SCSI device?",
+ strerror(-rc));
return -1;
}
if (sg_version < 30000) {