linux-kernel - Re: SCSI driver for VMware's virtual HBA

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Message-Id: <1255444557.2855.95.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:35:57 +0000
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
To:	akataria@...are.com
Cc:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>,
	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	"pv-drivers@...are.com" <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Chetan.Loke@...lex.Com" <Chetan.Loke@...lex.Com>,
	Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>,
	Robert Love <robert.w.love@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: SCSI driver for VMware's virtual HBA - V5.

On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 17:30 -0700, Alok Kataria wrote:
> > Were you still planning on renaming the driver to something less generic
> > (like vmw_pvscsi)?
> 
> 
> Yep, below is a patch with the rename, the driver is now called
> vmw_pvscsi. Do let me know if you have any other comments. Thanks.

I'm still curious to know what the 'p' in the name stands for.  Surely
this is a fully virtual driver, not a paravirtual one?

James


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