* Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing @ 2017-10-18 17:13 Laurence Oberman 2017-10-18 17:25 ` Randy Dunlap 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Laurence Oberman @ 2017-10-18 17:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-scsi; +Cc: Martin K. Petersen Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out. Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com> diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command wd33c93= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c. + +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line. +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot line. +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the scsi_mod as follows +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x80000000 + -- 1.8.3.1 ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing 2017-10-18 17:13 Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing Laurence Oberman @ 2017-10-18 17:25 ` Randy Dunlap [not found] ` <CAFfF4qua-gutNTT+s+HuxrgS_B8sV5J+8x0-VbrYwObd5mN4bQ@mail.gmail.com> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Randy Dunlap @ 2017-10-18 17:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Laurence Oberman, linux-scsi; +Cc: Martin K. Petersen On 10/18/17 10:13, Laurence Oberman wrote: > Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also > don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out. > > Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com> > > diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt > b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt > index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644 > --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt > +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt > @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command > > wd33c93= [HW,SCSI] > See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c. > + > +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line. line: > +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot It's > line. > +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the > scsi_mod as follows as follows: > +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x80000000 > + > -- > 1.8.3.1 Also the patch has some weird line breaks. -- ~Randy ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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* Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing [not found] ` <CAFfF4qua-gutNTT+s+HuxrgS_B8sV5J+8x0-VbrYwObd5mN4bQ@mail.gmail.com> @ 2017-10-18 17:46 ` Randy Dunlap 2017-10-18 17:51 ` Laurence Oberman 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Randy Dunlap @ 2017-10-18 17:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Laurence Oberman; +Cc: linux-scsi, Martin K. Petersen On 10/18/17 10:28, Laurence Oberman wrote: > I just noticed that > Was taken straight out of git after changing the Doc file. > Let me see why git did that > It's more likely that Evolution did it. > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org <mailto:rdunlap@infradead.org>> wrote: > > On 10/18/17 10:13, Laurence Oberman wrote: > > Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also > > don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out. > > > > Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com <mailto:loberman@redhat.com>> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt > > b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt > > index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt > > @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command > > > > wd33c93= [HW,SCSI] > > See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c. > > + > > +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line. > > line: > > > +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot > > It's > > > line. > > +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the > > scsi_mod as follows > > as follows: > > > +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x80000000 > > + > > -- > > 1.8.3.1 > > > Also the patch has some weird line breaks. > > > -- > ~Randy > > -- ~Randy ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing 2017-10-18 17:46 ` Randy Dunlap @ 2017-10-18 17:51 ` Laurence Oberman 2017-10-19 0:52 ` Martin K. Petersen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Laurence Oberman @ 2017-10-18 17:51 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Randy Dunlap; +Cc: linux-scsi, Martin K. Petersen Indeed it was Evolution and then linux-scsi rejected my fix. Trying again, for some reason it thought I had html Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com> --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt @@ -116,3 +116,11 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command wd33c93= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c. + +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line: + +It's not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot line. +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the scsi_mod as +follows. +On kernel line add scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x8000000 + On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote: > On 10/18/17 10:28, Laurence Oberman wrote: >> I just noticed that >> Was taken straight out of git after changing the Doc file. >> Let me see why git did that >> > > It's more likely that Evolution did it. > >> >> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org <mailto:rdunlap@infradead.org>> wrote: >> >> On 10/18/17 10:13, Laurence Oberman wrote: >> > Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also >> > don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com <mailto:loberman@redhat.com>> >> > >> > diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt >> > b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt >> > index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644 >> > --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt >> > +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt >> > @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command >> > >> > wd33c93= [HW,SCSI] >> > See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c. >> > + >> > +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line. >> >> line: >> >> > +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot >> >> It's >> >> > line. >> > +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the >> > scsi_mod as follows >> >> as follows: >> >> > +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x80000000 >> > + >> > -- >> > 1.8.3.1 >> >> >> Also the patch has some weird line breaks. >> >> >> -- >> ~Randy >> >> > > > -- > ~Randy ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing 2017-10-18 17:51 ` Laurence Oberman @ 2017-10-19 0:52 ` Martin K. Petersen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Martin K. Petersen @ 2017-10-19 0:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Laurence Oberman; +Cc: Randy Dunlap, linux-scsi, Martin K. Petersen Laurence, > Indeed it was Evolution and then linux-scsi rejected my fix. Please use git send-email for patch submissions. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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