From: Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Michael Reed <mdr@sgi.com>,
James.Smart@Emulex.Com, linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: generating a Linux WWN?
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:45:50 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <460931.21951.qm@web31810.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4702E3B7.9060403@garzik.org>
--- Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
> Luben Tuikov wrote:
> > This still does not justify "let's generate it in the kernel".
>
> Once an admin specifies to use an alternate WWN provision, the method
> used to obtain that WWN is an implementation detail and irrelevant.
But you're arguing that the kernel should generate it to "help out"
SAS drivers with HW that has had it's MS/NVRAM erased or corrupted.
The kernel has no business generating SAS WWN.
Luben
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-03 3:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-27 10:04 generating a Linux WWN? Jeff Garzik
2007-09-27 13:55 ` Michael Reed
2007-09-27 14:04 ` James Smart
2007-09-27 14:16 ` Patrick_Boyd
2007-09-27 14:46 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-09-27 15:07 ` Michael Reed
2007-09-27 15:12 ` Michael Reed
2007-09-27 23:40 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-27 22:48 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-01 10:56 ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-27 14:19 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-27 14:29 ` Michael Reed
2007-09-27 15:30 ` Douglas Gilbert
2007-09-27 22:32 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-27 23:12 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-02 23:47 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 0:35 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 3:45 ` Luben Tuikov [this message]
2007-10-03 4:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 5:12 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 5:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 5:31 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 5:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 14:59 ` Douglas Gilbert
2007-10-03 16:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 18:02 ` Matthew Jacob
2007-10-03 18:09 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 19:44 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 20:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 22:08 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 22:17 ` David Miller
2007-10-04 0:11 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-04 3:23 ` Matthew Jacob
2007-10-04 3:27 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-04 3:33 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-10-05 22:09 ` James Bottomley
2007-10-05 22:11 ` David Miller
2007-10-05 22:14 ` James Bottomley
2007-10-05 22:17 ` David Miller
2007-10-05 22:41 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-05 22:49 ` David Miller
2007-10-05 22:52 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-06 14:11 ` James Bottomley
2007-10-06 14:36 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-06 15:04 ` James Bottomley
2007-10-06 15:23 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-06 15:33 ` James Bottomley
2007-10-06 15:42 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-08 18:42 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-07 2:48 ` David Miller
2007-10-08 15:41 ` Michael Reed
2007-10-08 18:34 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-07 2:46 ` David Miller
2007-10-08 18:18 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 5:38 ` Luben Tuikov
2007-10-03 5:47 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 15:33 ` Michael Reed
2007-10-03 16:02 ` Jeff Garzik
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