From: Ankit Jain <jankit@suse.de>
To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, aacraid@adaptec.com
Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH] aacraid: Add module param to export disks as 'fixed' instead of 'removable'
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 01:05:29 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DD2CE01.9090403@suse.de> (raw)
aacraid: Add 'aac_export_fixed' module param to export disks as
'fixed' instead of 'removable'.
Adaptec controllers set the removable flag on devices to
allow for reconfiguration. The fear is that _not_ setting this
flag would inhibit the OS from detecting any device reconfiguration.
This manifested itself in a bug where Paravirtualized NetWare
was not able to boot with more than one PHY disk attached to a Xen
VM. NetWare sees two removable disks (and not CD-ROM), which is
an unsupported configuration. Details can be found at -
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667226 .
The module parameter allows overriding that flag.
Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
---
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c
index 7e26ebc..7f1b3e7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aachba.c
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(wwn, "Select a WWN type for the arrays:\n"
"\t1 - Array Meta Data Signature (default)\n"
"\t2 - Adapter Serial Number");
+int aac_export_fixed;
+module_param_named(export_fixed, aac_export_fixed, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(export_fixed, "Export disks as 'fixed' instead of"
+ " removable.");
+
static inline int aac_valid_context(struct scsi_cmnd *scsicmd,
struct fib *fibptr) {
@@ -2212,8 +2217,9 @@ int aac_scsi_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd * scsicmd)
scsi_set_resid(scsicmd,
scsi_bufflen(scsicmd) - alloc_len);
- /* Do not cache partition table for arrays */
- scsicmd->device->removable = 1;
+ if (!aac_export_fixed)
+ /* Do not cache partition table for arrays */
+ scsicmd->device->removable = 1;
scsicmd->result = DID_OK << 16 | COMMAND_COMPLETE << 8 | SAM_STAT_GOOD;
scsicmd->scsi_done(scsicmd);
@@ -2241,8 +2247,9 @@ int aac_scsi_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd * scsicmd)
cp[6] = 2;
cp[7] = 0;
scsi_sg_copy_from_buffer(scsicmd, cp, sizeof(cp));
- /* Do not cache partition table for arrays */
- scsicmd->device->removable = 1;
+ if (!aac_export_fixed)
+ /* Do not cache partition table for arrays */
+ scsicmd->device->removable = 1;
scsicmd->result = DID_OK << 16 | COMMAND_COMPLETE << 8 |
SAM_STAT_GOOD;
scsicmd->scsi_done(scsicmd);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
index 929cf67..a68c973 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
@@ -1913,3 +1913,4 @@ extern int aac_commit;
extern int update_interval;
extern int check_interval;
extern int aac_check_reset;
+extern int aac_export_fixed;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index e9373a2..a5a4f81 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static int aac_biosparm(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct block_device *bdev,
static int aac_slave_configure(struct scsi_device *sdev)
{
struct aac_dev *aac = (struct aac_dev *)sdev->host->hostdata;
- if (aac->jbod && (sdev->type == TYPE_DISK))
+ if (!aac_export_fixed && aac->jbod && (sdev->type == TYPE_DISK))
sdev->removable = 1;
if ((sdev->type == TYPE_DISK) &&
(sdev_channel(sdev) != CONTAINER_CHANNEL) &&
next reply other threads:[~2011-05-17 19:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-17 19:35 Ankit Jain [this message]
2011-05-17 19:35 ` [PATCH] aacraid: Add module param to export disks as 'fixed' instead of 'removable' Christoph Hellwig
2011-05-18 20:21 ` Mark Salyzyn
2011-05-20 12:59 ` Ankit Jain
2011-05-20 13:31 ` Mark Salyzyn
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