linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on Hyper-V

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Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:25:02 -0400
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"gregkh\@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel\@linuxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"ohering\@suse.com" <ohering@...e.com>,
	"jbottomley\@parallels.com" <jbottomley@...allels.com>,
	"linux-scsi\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"apw\@canonical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"vkuznets\@redhat.com" <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
	"jasowang\@redhat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	"martin.petersen\@oracle.com" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	"hare\@suse.de" <hare@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on Hyper-V

>>>>> "KY" == KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com> writes:

KY> Till recently I had not. However, we do support publishing wwn in
KY> the guest and some customers wanted this. That is the reason I am
KY> attaching FC transport and working through the issues. With this
KY> change, I now have wwn names published in the guest and I can also
KY> issue manual scan.

Why does it have to look like FC? Will a device identification VPD page
not do the trick?

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering