From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hannes Reinecke Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/16] scsi_dh_alua: parse target device id Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:33:13 +0100 Message-ID: <53021DA9.9090408@suse.de> References: <1391160600-19652-1-git-send-email-hare@suse.de> <1391160600-19652-9-git-send-email-hare@suse.de> <52FE0793.9040505@acm.org> <52FE0A66.6050200@suse.de> <5302171A.9070507@acm.org> <5302181A.9080308@suse.de> <53021C6B.7040207@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:41836 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753212AbaBQOdP (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:33:15 -0500 In-Reply-To: <53021C6B.7040207@acm.org> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Bart Van Assche , James Bottomley Cc: Sean Stewart , Martin George , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On 02/17/2014 03:27 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote: > On 02/17/14 15:09, Hannes Reinecke wrote: >> If the product ID is actually the array identification and not a >> generic name, sure. >> But if all ION arrays with the same FW level identify itself with >> the same identifier it's kinda pointless :-) >> Otherwise, yeah, that's easily done. >> >> But you might want to talk to your FW folks; if they were to update >> VPD page 0x83 to include an target-specific identifier we'd be all >> set ... >=20 > The product ID indeed identifies an array. >=20 > Updating VPD page 0x83 can be done easily for new FW releases. Howeve= r, > the target identification approach explained in the previous e-mail i= s > already in use at several customer sites and I'm not sure it will be > possible to convince all of them to upgrade ... >=20 Ok, fair enough. Will be including it. Cheers, Hannes --=20 Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg GF: J. Hawn, J. Guild, F. Imend=F6rffer, HRB 16746 (AG N=FCrnberg) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html