From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hannes Reinecke Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] sd: Optionally attach to ZBC devices Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 08:41:55 +0200 Message-ID: <53D893B3.6020407@suse.de> References: <1406645117-53088-1-git-send-email-hare@suse.de> <1406645117-53088-5-git-send-email-hare@suse.de> <20140729171414.GA1060@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:58753 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752052AbaG3Gl5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2014 02:41:57 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20140729171414.GA1060@infradead.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Christoph Hellwig , James Bottomley , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 07/29/2014 07:14 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 04:45:17PM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote: >> ZBC drives are close to disk devices, so sd.c is well >> suited as a testbed for ZBC devices. >> This patch introduces a module option 'attach_zbc' to >> sd which will make the sd driver accept ZBC >> devices as normal disk drives. >> >> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke > > Looks reasonable to me. > > I'd also really like a sysfs file that tells us if we're dealing > with a host aware device, as those report as TYPE_SBC. > Yes, eventually. But can't we defer that to a next patchset? I'd really like to have this one in, as it makes dealing with ZAC=20 devices _so much_ easier ... 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)