linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/20] [SCSI] mpt3sas: Added support for customer specific branding

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:36:29 -0400
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...gotech.com>
Cc:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	"jejb\@kernel.org" <jejb@...nel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"linux-scsi\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
	Sathya Prakash <Sathya.Prakash@...gotech.com>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/20] [SCSI] mpt3sas: Added support for customer specific branding

>>>>> "Sreekanth" == Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...gotech.com> writes:

Sreekanth> I agree with you that these changes belong in pci.ids. But
Sreekanth> Customers are asking us to print the HBA branding name while
Sreekanth> loading the driver on their custom HBA's.

Yes, and other HBA vendors have done the same (although thankfully this
practice appears to be going out of fashion).

Personally, I find SAS2308 orders of magnitude more useful and helpful
than WHIZ-BANG2010 since the former tells me exactly what chip I'm
dealing with.

Anyway. No big deal. I just think it's a bad habit to use the kernel for
marketing purposes.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/