linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] ibmvfc: Protocol definition updates and new targetWWPN Support

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Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:42:43 -0800
From:   Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     james.bottomley@...senpartnership.com
Cc:     martin.petersen@...cle.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        brking@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] ibmvfc: Protocol definition updates and new
 targetWWPN Support

On 11/17/20 11:16 AM, Tyrel Datwyler wrote:
> Several Management Datagrams (MADs) have been reversioned to add a targetWWPN
> field that is intended to better identify a target over a scsi_id. Further, a
> couple new MADs have been introduced to the protocol to be used for negotiation
> of channels/hw queues resources when the VIOS is using SLI-4 capable adapters.
> 
> This patchset adds the new protocol definitions and implements support for using
> the new targetWWPN field and exposing the capability to the VIOS. This
> targetWWPN support is a prerequisuite for upcoming channelization/MQ support.
> 
> changes in v2:
> 	Removed bug fixes to separate patchset
> 	Fixed up checkpatch warnings

Need to spin a v3 to address comments from Brian King, some commit log typos,
and a badly rebased Patch 5 that doesn't even compile.

-Tyrel