linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NVMe: Added another device ID with stripe quirk

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Date:   Fri, 7 Jul 2017 01:22:53 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        David Wayne Fugate <david.fugate@...el.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NVMe: Added another device ID with stripe quirk

On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 06:39:56PM -0400, Keith Busch wrote:
> That's true for all Intel controllers going forward, but this
> is actually an older controller that pre-dates NOIOB. It's the exact
> same as the 8086:0A54 model, but a particular vendor decided their
> rebranded device needs to be made special with a different DID.

Meh..

> 
> We all agree that's a terrible way to go about this for mutliple reasons,
> but we can't go back in time to tell the decision makers of this folly. So
> I think we need to let this last one go through with the quirk.
> 
> Acked-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>

Reluctantly-accepted-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>