From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Martin K. Petersen" Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 0/2] smartpqi: initial commit of Microsemi smartpqi driver Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 21:04:42 -0400 Message-ID: References: <146706289746.29152.13840476577189238722.stgit@brunhilda> <4993A297653ECB4581FA5C3C31323D19163937F2@avsrvexchmbx1.microsemi.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:37546 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751651AbcHIBF2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Aug 2016 21:05:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4993A297653ECB4581FA5C3C31323D19163937F2@avsrvexchmbx1.microsemi.net> (Don Brace's message of "Fri, 5 Aug 2016 14:19:20 +0000") Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Don Brace Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" , "jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com" , Viswas G , Mahesh Rajashekhara , "hch@infradead.org" , Scott Teel , Kevin Barnett , Justin Lindley , Scott Benesh , "elliott@hpe.com" , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" >>>>> "Don" == Don Brace writes: >> Is your interface related to T10 PQI? Don> We follow it pretty closely with some exceptions: - Our memory BARS Don> includes both the aacraid SIS and PQI interfaces - We have our own Don> config table defined. - We are using our own error data buffer Don> schema - We are not yet supporting fencing and some other features. OK. I was just wondering whether it would make sense to have a libpqi with all the spec-compliant pieces and put the "smart" in a dedicated Microsemi driver. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering