linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cciss: export resettable host attribute

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Message-ID: <4D7A734F.1060008@kernel.dk>
Date:	Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:09:03 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
CC:	mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	thenzl@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	smcameron@...oo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cciss: export resettable host attribute

On 2011-03-10 21:23, Stephen M. Cameron wrote:
> From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
> 
> This attribute, requested by Redhat, allows kexec-tools to know
> whether the controller can honor the reset_devices kernel parameter
> and actually reset the controller.  For kdump to work properly it
> is necessary that the reset_devices parameter be honored.  This
> attribute enables kexec-tools to warn the user if they attempt to
> designate a non-resettable controller as the dump device.

Applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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