linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] scsi: scsi_transport_fc: Provide a lightweight option for Virtual FC Hosts.

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Message-ID: <20170119151155.GA28462@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2017 07:11:55 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Cathy Avery <cavery@...hat.com>
Cc:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] scsi: scsi_transport_fc: Provide a lightweight
 option for Virtual FC Hosts.

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 03:28:57PM -0500, Cathy Avery wrote:
> The patch provides a means to offer a lightweight option to the
> current FC transport class. The new option is selected by a
> driver when it indicates it wants the lightweight
> transport via fc_function_template.

This need some really good documentation in the code and changelog
what "lightweight" means.  It's a pretty horrible term, btw.