Re: [PATCH 2/8] qla2xxx: Add support for symbolic nodename FC transport attribute.

Andrew Vasquez
2006-10-12T16:37:46Z

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:00:44PM -0700, Andrew Vasquez wrote:
> > Refactored original code from qla_gs.c:qla2x00_rsnn_nn().
>
> Ok. Should we also allow to change the name from userspace?

Maybe... FC-GS provides for no restrictions on format or content.
Most initiator/target implementations I've seen have common items such
as Manufacturer, Part ID, and driver/firmware version in the field.
It might be useful (at least from a initiator perspective) within a
virtualized environment to allow for information to be added to the
SNN field, e.g. container id, DOM #, or some Virtual OS metadata.

Mike, James, Eric, any thoughts?