From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] minimal SAS transport class Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:06:03 -0400 Message-ID: <430E24AB.2060002@pobox.com> References: <9BB4DECD4CFE6D43AA8EA8D768ED51C21D7A40@xbl3.ma.emulex.com> <20050823154232.GA3464@us.ibm.com> <430BBBBE.4070408@adaptec.com> <430E1CB1.1050108@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:61342 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932531AbVHYUGJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:06:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <430E1CB1.1050108@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Cc: jejb@steeleye.com Stefan Richter wrote: > Luben Tuikov wanted... > >> to move _away_ from HCIL. So that addressing of devices in SCSI Core >> is _completely_ independent of addressing at the protocol layer. > > > I second that. A move away from forced HCIL addressing would be a good thing. However, its impossible to completely move away from addressing, as userspace and the SCSI core need ways to route CDBs to devices based on address. Jeff