From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David C Somayajulu Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] qla4xxx driver resubmission Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:11:23 -0700 Message-ID: <1154027483.3997.7.camel@dcslnxpc.site> References: <0BB3E5E7462EEA4295BC02D49691DC072C6051@AVEXCH1.qlogic.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from pat.qlogic.com ([198.70.193.2]:51652 "EHLO avexch1.qlogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751055AbWG0TLY (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:11:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <0BB3E5E7462EEA4295BC02D49691DC072C6051@AVEXCH1.qlogic.org> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Cc: open-iscsi@googlegroups.com On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 11:30 -0700, David Somayajulu wrote: > This is a resubmission of the qla4xxx driver for QLogic Corporation's > iSCSI HBAs. Changes from the previous submission are: > > - fixed driver initialization issues during insmod > - removed all references to iSNS > - changed comments for function to doc style > - removed potential infinite loop in ql4xxx_sem_spinlock() > > The complete patch for the driver is at > ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/iSCSI/upstream/5.00.05b8-k/0000-Init > ial-commit-of-qla4xxx.txt > Sorry, my mailer screwed up the above link. Here it is again ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/iSCSI/upstream/5.00.05b8-k/0000-Initial-commit-of-qla4xxx.txt > > For ease of comprehension the above patch has been broken down into the > following smaller patches: > - 0001-ISP4xxx-driver-definitions.diff > - 0002-ISP4xxx-driver-initialization-routines.diff > - 0003-ISP4xxx-driver-OS-files.diff > - 0004-ISP4xxx-driver-ISR-routines.diff > - 0005-ISP4xxx-driver-Mailbox-routines.diff > - 0006-ISP4xxx-driver-support-routines.diff > - 0007-ISP4xxx-driver-version.diff > These are located at > ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/iSCSI/upstream/5.00.05b8-k/ > > Other items which needs to be done are > - Add support for sysfs attributes. > - Userspace support for session creation/deletion for iscsi HBAs. > - Add support for other discovery mode ie iSNS/SLP. > - block layer tagging > Patches for these would be submitted once the driver is merged > upstream. > > Looking forward to comment's/feedback. I appologize for the inconvenience. Cheers David Somayajulu qLogic Corporation.