linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/16] qla2xxx target mode improvements

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Message-ID: <yq1o6p6etkz.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:19:10 -0500
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: Tony Battersby <tonyb@...ernetics.com>
Cc: Nilesh Javali <njavali@...vell.com>,
        GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...vell.com,
        "James E.J. Bottomley"
 <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen"
 <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, target-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        scst-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Xose
 Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/16] qla2xxx target mode improvements


Tony,

> This patch series improves the qla2xxx FC driver in target mode. I
> developed these patches using the out-of-tree SCST target-mode
> subsystem (https://scst.sourceforge.net/), although most of the
> improvements will also apply to the other target-mode subsystems such
> as the in-tree LIO. Unfortunately qla2xxx+LIO does not pass all of my
> tests, but my patches do not make it any worse (results below). These
> patches have been well-tested at my employer with qla2xxx+SCST in both
> initiator mode and target mode and with a variety of FC HBAs and
> initiators. Since SCST is out-of-tree, some of the patches have parts
> that apply in-tree and other parts that apply out-of-tree to SCST. The
> SCST patches can be found in the v2 posting linked above.

Applied to 6.19/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen