From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: James.Smart@Emulex.Com
Cc: vst@vlnb.net, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] MidLayer updates - extending scsi_target support
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 17:33:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050206173316.GA2589@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0B1E13B586976742A7599D71A6AC733C12EB2A@xbl3.ma.emulex.com>
On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 12:28:17PM -0500, James.Smart@Emulex.Com wrote:
> Since the Emulex driver tracks things by target (actually FC remote port)
> rather than luns, having the ability to have driver data space in the
> lun didn't help much. Yes, the driver data space could be in the
> transport-specific FC remote port, but I thought a more generic solution
> would have been prefered - thus the patch request.
>
> At this point, it appears that consensus is against the need for this,
> especially as it can be handled within the only area needed today - that of
> the FC transport.
Well, I disagree with that for certain. I know of a handfull of SPI
HBA drivers that would benefit from per-target private data.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-06 17:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-06 17:28 [PATCH 3/3] MidLayer updates - extending scsi_target support James.Smart
2005-02-06 17:33 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
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2005-02-06 2:00 James.Smart
2005-02-05 15:04 James.Smart
2005-02-06 1:44 ` Douglas Gilbert
2005-01-29 14:03 James.Smart
2005-02-04 23:00 ` James Bottomley
2005-02-06 14:18 ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2005-05-24 17:06 ` James Bottomley
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