From: Ankit Jain <jankit@suse.de>
To: Mark Salyzyn <mark_salyzyn@us.xyratex.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, aacraid@adaptec.com,
Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] aacraid: Add module param to export disks as 'fixed' instead of 'removable'
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 18:29:43 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DD665BF.4080502@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FC1F9E38C0703341A1A750524E2525A9017776E1@XYUS-EX22.xyus.xyratex.com>
On 05/19/2011 01:51 AM, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 01:05:29AM +0530, Ankit Jain wrote:
>>> 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.
>> The flag should not be set at all and just be removed.
>
> This will break the RAID Management Software, and various Firmware
> features (snapshot, thin-provisioning etc)
I'm trying to get a better understanding. How do the RAID management
software and firmware features depend on this?
--
Ankit Jain
SUSE Labs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-20 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-17 19:35 [PATCH] aacraid: Add module param to export disks as 'fixed' instead of 'removable' Ankit Jain
2011-05-17 19:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-05-18 20:21 ` Mark Salyzyn
2011-05-20 12:59 ` Ankit Jain [this message]
2011-05-20 13:31 ` Mark Salyzyn
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