From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Smart Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] fc class: add fc host default default dev loss setting Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:53:53 -0400 Message-ID: <4C601681.3020807@emulex.com> References: <1281081761-24586-1-git-send-email-michaelc@cs.wisc.edu> <1281081761-24586-2-git-send-email-michaelc@cs.wisc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from exht1.emulex.com ([138.239.113.183]:50206 "EHLO exht1.ad.emulex.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756860Ab0HIOyZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:54:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1281081761-24586-2-git-send-email-michaelc@cs.wisc.edu> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "michaelc@cs.wisc.edu" Cc: "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "jeykholt@cisco.com" , "andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com" , "giridhar.malavali@qlogic.com" , "brking@us.ibm.com" Mike, why the motivation to get the dev_loss_tmo from the LLDD ? I would have assumed this would have become a base fc_host attribute which is rd/wr, the default coming from the module parameter, with the "set" propagating to the LLDD to change all rports to the host value (either new direct callback, or loop which calls rport set routine). - james s michaelc@cs.wisc.edu wrote: > From: Mike Christie > > This patch adds a fc_host setting to store the > default dev_loss_tmo. It is used if the driver > has a callack to get the value from the LLD. If > the callback is not set, then we use the fc class > module default value. >