Why do i get the message "kernel: program nmhs is using a deprecated SCSI ioctl, please convert it t

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

• Oracle RAC

Issue

• Log file shows following message :

  Raw

  kernel: program nmhs is using a deprecated SCSI ioctl, please convert it to SG_IO 
  

Resolution

• This message is informational only and can be ignored. It is an indication that a future release of SCSI might not support this ioctl call.