From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Vasquez Subject: Re: PATCH [0/3] qla2xxx: new experimental changes... Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:11:21 -0800 Message-ID: <1107558681.15462.49.camel@plap.san.rr.com> References: <1107544908.14183.11.camel@plap.san.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: from avexch01.qlogic.com ([198.70.193.200]:4927 "EHLO avexch01.qlogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264888AbVBDXLG (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Feb 2005 18:11:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1107544908.14183.11.camel@plap.san.rr.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Linux-SCSI Mailing List On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 11:21 -0800, Andrew Vasquez wrote: > > Here's the breakdown of patches being submitted: > Not sure what's going on with VGER, but several folks appear to be having some difficulties getting the patches (including my own @pobox.com account). All the patches can be found at the following URL: ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/patches/8.x/8.00.02b10k/ > 1. Remove internal command queuing. This entails removal of the > driver's *_queue lists as well as modifications and removal of > routines which used them. With the queuing removed -- the > driver will be unable to tolerate cable-pulls. Thus we depend > on the next patch for support. ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/patches/8.x/8.00.02b10k/10-int_q_removal.diff > 2. Add initial support for FC remote port infrastructure. This > patch is based off the proposal submitted by James Smart: > ([Patch RFC ] Update FC transport for FC Remote Ports) > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=110187926413504&w=2 ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/patches/8.x/8.00.02b10k/11-fc_rport_adds.diff > 3. Remove internal lun discovery routines and support structures. > The mid-layer has a more exhaustive and fully capable set of > functions for lun discovery. > ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/patches/8.x/8.00.02b10k/12-discovery_removal.diff And a final incremental patch which fixes some backout problems with patch #1: ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/patches/8.x/8.00.02b10k/13-sm_fixes.diff I apologize for the confusion (still not sure what's going on). -- Andrew