linux-kernel - Re: Major qla2xxx regression on sparc64

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Message-Id: <20070416.150846.45744461.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:08:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andrew.vasquez@...gic.com
Cc:	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	James.Bottomley@...elEye.com, ema@...ian.org
Subject: Re: Major qla2xxx regression on sparc64

From: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.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?
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