if (copy_from_user(rq->cmd, (void *)(unsigned long)hdr->request,
                           hdr->request_len))
                return -EFAULT;
-       if (blk_verify_command(rq->cmd, has_write_perm))
+
+       if (hdr->subprotocol == BSG_SUB_PROTOCOL_SCSI_CMD) {
+               if (blk_verify_command(rq->cmd, has_write_perm))
+                       return -EPERM;
+       } else if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
                return -EPERM;
 
        /*
 static int
 bsg_validate_sgv4_hdr(request_queue_t *q, struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, int *rw)
 {
+       int ret = 0;
+
        if (hdr->guard != 'Q')
                return -EINVAL;
        if (hdr->request_len > BLK_MAX_CDB)
            hdr->din_xfer_len > (q->max_sectors << 9))
                return -EIO;
 
-       /* not supported currently */
-       if (hdr->protocol || hdr->subprotocol)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       switch (hdr->protocol) {
+       case BSG_PROTOCOL_SCSI:
+               switch (hdr->subprotocol) {
+               case BSG_SUB_PROTOCOL_SCSI_CMD:
+               case BSG_SUB_PROTOCOL_SCSI_TRANSPORT:
+                       break;
+               default:
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
+               }
+               break;
+       default:
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+       }
 
        *rw = hdr->dout_xfer_len ? WRITE : READ;
-
-       return 0;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /*
 
 #ifndef BSG_H
 #define BSG_H
 
+#define BSG_PROTOCOL_SCSI              0
+
+#define BSG_SUB_PROTOCOL_SCSI_CMD      0
+#define BSG_SUB_PROTOCOL_SCSI_TMF      1
+#define BSG_SUB_PROTOCOL_SCSI_TRANSPORT        2
+
 struct sg_io_v4 {
        __s32 guard;            /* [i] 'Q' to differentiate from v3 */
        __u32 protocol;         /* [i] 0 -> SCSI , .... */