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Message-ID: <20101118195117.GQ32203@us.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:51:17 -0600
From: Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...ibm.com>
To: Joe Carnuccio <joe.carnuccio@...gic.com>
Cc: Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>,
Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.com>,
Linux Driver <Linux-Driver@...gic.com>,
"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] qla2xxx: Change parameter permissions in sysfs
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:33:12AM -0800, Joe Carnuccio wrote:
> Sonny,
>
> The qla2xxx parameters that already had write permission do not require rebinding.
>
> The qla2xxx parameters that require rebinding have read only permission and do not require write persmission since these are the ones whose value can be set on driver load.
>
> The fact that some of the qla2xxx parameters had permission set to S_IRUGO|S_IRUSR was a "typo", it should have been S_IRUGO only, I have been in the process of addressing this in our drivers (here at QLogic).
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Joe
Ok thanks for clearing that up
Sonny
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