Re: [PATCH 4/4] sd: Optionally attach to ZBC devices
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 08:41:55AM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote: > Yes, eventually. But can't we defer that to a next patchset? > I'd really like to have this one in, as it makes dealing with ZAC devices > _so much_ easier ... I'm happy to put the sd patch in if I can get another review for it. But even if you want me to carry the libata bits I will need a clear ACK from Tejun. And I really think it would belong into the libata tree. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH 4/4] sd: Optionally attach to ZBC devices
On 07/29/2014 07:14 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 04:45:17PM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote: ZBC drives are close to disk devices, so sd.c is well suited as a testbed for ZBC devices. This patch introduces a module option 'attach_zbc' to sd which will make the sd driver accept ZBC devices as normal disk drives. Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke Looks reasonable to me. I'd also really like a sysfs file that tells us if we're dealing with a host aware device, as those report as TYPE_SBC. Yes, eventually. But can't we defer that to a next patchset? I'd really like to have this one in, as it makes dealing with ZAC devices _so much_ easier ... Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage h...@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: J. Hawn, J. Guild, F. Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH 4/4] sd: Optionally attach to ZBC devices
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 04:45:17PM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote: > ZBC drives are close to disk devices, so sd.c is well > suited as a testbed for ZBC devices. > This patch introduces a module option 'attach_zbc' to > sd which will make the sd driver accept ZBC > devices as normal disk drives. > > Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke Looks reasonable to me. I'd also really like a sysfs file that tells us if we're dealing with a host aware device, as those report as TYPE_SBC. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
