From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
To: James Smart <jsmart2021@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@broadcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lpfc: Remove failing soft_wwn support
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 23:30:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq14k3zevug.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220310154845.11125-1-jsmart2021@gmail.com> (James Smart's message of "Thu, 10 Mar 2022 07:48:45 -0800")
James,
> The soft_wwpn/soft_wwn functionality, which allows the driver to
> modify service parameters in an attempt to override the
> adapter-assigned WWN, was originally attempted to be removed roughly 6
> yrs ago as new fabric features were being introduced that clashed with
> the implementation. In the end, the feature was left in with the user
> being responsible if things went south.
Applied to 5.18/scsi-staging, thanks!
--
Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-15 3:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-10 15:48 [PATCH] lpfc: Remove failing soft_wwn support James Smart
2022-03-10 20:13 ` Himanshu Madhani
2022-03-15 3:30 ` Martin K. Petersen [this message]
2022-03-19 3:56 ` Martin K. Petersen
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