From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christof Schmitt Subject: Re: [PATCH] FC Transport support for vports based on NPIV Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 12:40:08 +0200 Message-ID: <20070522104007.GA21345@schmichrtp> References: <1176408091.19824.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070514121239.GA23620@schmichrtp> <464886B6.8050509@emulex.com> <20070521152718.GA15212@schmichrtp> <4651BE89.7020200@emulex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mtagate1.de.ibm.com ([195.212.29.150]:6845 "EHLO mtagate1.de.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757299AbXEVKkK (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 May 2007 06:40:10 -0400 Received: from d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.167.49]) by mtagate1.de.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4MAe9Rr161172 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 10:40:09 GMT Received: from d12av01.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12av01.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.165.212]) by d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.3) with ESMTP id l4MAe9nO4141276 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 12:40:09 +0200 Received: from d12av01.megacenter.de.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d12av01.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l4MAe8Hu016444 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 12:40:08 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4651BE89.7020200@emulex.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: James Smart Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, duane.grigsby@qlogic.com On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:45:13AM -0400, James Smart wrote: > True - so this means that who-ever is setting the subchannel device > permanent_port_name value needs to take into account this conversation, > when T11.3 actually makes a choice on what it should be. I will keep this in mind. Probably this would involve the FCP adapter and the reporting in zfcp. Anyway, my main goal was to understand the changes in the FC transport class and the possible impact to zfcp. Thanks for the clarification of my questions. Christof