From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932937AbXH3RYU (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:24:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932282AbXH3RYJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:24:09 -0400 Received: from avexch2.qlogic.com ([198.70.193.116]:23783 "EHLO avexch2.qlogic.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932288AbXH3RYI (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:24:08 -0400 Message-ID: <46D6FD83.4010708@qlogic.com> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:25:23 -0700 From: Seokmann Ju User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Jacob CC: Abhishek Kane , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-driver@qlogic.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FC - NPIV in 2.6.23-rc2 References: <46D6EFE7.40802@qlogic.com> <7579f7fb0708300947r4bae76a8j3715316741f3563f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7579f7fb0708300947r4bae76a8j3715316741f3563f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Aug 2007 17:22:58.0809 (UTC) FILETIME=[691E3690:01C7EB2A] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Matthew Jacob wrote: >>> some sought of documentation for this, please let me know. >> NPIV is a feature to provide multiple path available on one physical port and it has implemented based on the multiport ID (MID) capability on the switch. >> So, you have to have the switch with MID capable on the configuration to support NPIV, besides the controller. >> > > No, if the switch doesn't suport NP-IV, the 24XX f/w will come up in > Public Loop mode (FL). That is correct. As it should, the F/W with NPIV capability also works on the configuration with non-NPIV switches. Thank you, Seokmann