From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bart Van Assche Subject: Re: [PATCH v2.5 5/6] scsi_debug: uuid for lu name Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 15:37:03 -0700 Message-ID: <572A798F.8090707@sandisk.com> References: <1462070687-12689-1-git-send-email-dgilbert@interlog.com> <1462070687-12689-6-git-send-email-dgilbert@interlog.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-bn1on0061.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([157.56.110.61]:53248 "EHLO na01-bn1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753409AbcEDWhK (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2016 18:37:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1462070687-12689-6-git-send-email-dgilbert@interlog.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Douglas Gilbert , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Cc: martin.petersen@oracle.com, tomas.winkler@intel.com, emilne@redhat.com, bart.vanassche@sandisk.com On 04/30/2016 07:44 PM, Douglas Gilbert wrote: > Permit changing of a LU name from a (fake) IEEE registered NAA (5) > to a locally assigned UUID. Using a UUID (RFC 4122) for a SCSI > designation descriptor (e.g. a LU name) was added in spc5r08.pdf > (a draft INCITS standard) on 25 January 2016. Add parameter > uuid_ctl to use a separate UUID for each LU (storage device) name. > Additional option for all LU names to have the same UUID (since > their storage is shared). Previous action of using NAA identifier > for LU name remains the default. > > Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche