Re: [PATCH 1/2] ibmvfc: Delay NPIV login retry and add retries

James Bottomley
2008-12-03T17:38:19Z

On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 11:02 -0600, Brian King wrote:
> Adds a delay prior to retrying a failed NPIV login. This fixes
> a scenario if the backing fibre channel adapter is getting reset
> due to an EEH event, NPIV login will fail. Currently, ibmvfc
> retries three times very quickly, resets the CRQ and tries one
> more time. If the adapter is getting reset due to EEH, this isn't
> enough time. This adds a delay prior to retrying a failed NPIV
> login and also increments the number of retries.

Are these for 2.6.28 or 2.6.29? The descriptions make them sound like
2.6.28 bug fixes.

James