Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 04/11] nodedev: Add the ability to create vHBA by parent wwnn/wwpn or fabric_wwn

2017-01-03 Thread John Ferlan
On 01/02/2017 09:25 AM, Ján Tomko wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 09:26:30AM -0500, John Ferlan wrote: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349696 >> >> When creating a vHBA, the process is to feed XML to nodeDeviceCreateXML >> that lists the scsi_hostX to use to create the vHBA.

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 04/11] nodedev: Add the ability to create vHBA by parent wwnn/wwpn or fabric_wwn

2017-01-02 Thread Ján Tomko
On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 09:26:30AM -0500, John Ferlan wrote: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349696 When creating a vHBA, the process is to feed XML to nodeDeviceCreateXML that lists the scsi_hostX to use to create the vHBA. However, between reboots, it's possible that the

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 04/11] nodedev: Add the ability to create vHBA by parent wwnn/wwpn or fabric_wwn

2016-12-15 Thread Boris Fiuczynski
On 12/13/2016 08:30 PM, John Ferlan wrote: On 12/13/2016 10:58 AM, Boris Fiuczynski wrote: John, I have a concern regarding usage of the parent_fabric_name. As far I have been told there are a lot of fc_host attributes in Linux that are optional and left to the low-level driver to decide if

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 04/11] nodedev: Add the ability to create vHBA by parent wwnn/wwpn or fabric_wwn

2016-12-13 Thread John Ferlan
On 12/13/2016 10:58 AM, Boris Fiuczynski wrote: > John, > I have a concern regarding usage of the parent_fabric_name. > As far I have been told there are a lot of fc_host attributes in Linux > that are optional and left to the low-level driver to decide if > implemented. fabric_name apparently

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 04/11] nodedev: Add the ability to create vHBA by parent wwnn/wwpn or fabric_wwn

2016-12-13 Thread Boris Fiuczynski
John, I have a concern regarding usage of the parent_fabric_name. As far I have been told there are a lot of fc_host attributes in Linux that are optional and left to the low-level driver to decide if implemented. fabric_name apparently happens to be one of these attributes and I know an

[libvirt] [PATCH 04/11] nodedev: Add the ability to create vHBA by parent wwnn/wwpn or fabric_wwn

2016-11-18 Thread John Ferlan
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349696 When creating a vHBA, the process is to feed XML to nodeDeviceCreateXML that lists the scsi_hostX to use to create the vHBA. However, between reboots, it's possible that the changes its scsi_hostX to scsi_hostY and saved XML to perform the