Re: Major qla2xxx regression on sparc64

David Miller
2007-04-16T22:08:46Z

From: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:10:49 -0700

> Ok, how about the following patch based on the one you posted which
> adds the codes to retrieve the WWPN/WWNN from firmware on SPARC, and
> also adds the module-parameter override I mentioned above.
>
> Perhaps the module-parameter should be set to non-zero in the case of
> SPARC, to take care of your system configurations?

I think it should default to non-zero always, in fact the option
is completely pointless.

The guy who hits this had a system which worked previously, and you're
explicitly breaking it. That's wrong.

How can you not see that this quality of implementation decision
you're making stinks?