From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/4] ixgbe: Add support for 82599 alternative WWNN/WWPN prefix Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:04:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20091029.010438.11624755.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20091029042339.15957.37676.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, yi.zou@intel.com, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20091029042339.15957.37676.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:23:57 -0700 > From: Yi Zou > > The 82599 EEPROM supports alternative prefix for World Wide Node Name > (WWNN) and World Wide Port Name (WWPN). The prefixes can be used together > with the SAN MAC address to form the WWNN and WWPN, which can be used by > upper layer drivers such as Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). > > Signed-off-by: Yi Zou > Acked-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.