RE: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on Hyper-V

From	KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	RE: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on Hyper-V
Date	2016-03-17 00:40 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Bottomley [mailto:James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:08 PM
> To: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>; KY Srinivasan
> <kys@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>; gregkh@linuxfoundation.org;
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org;
> ohering@suse.com; jbottomley@parallels.com; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org;
> apw@canonical.com; vkuznets@redhat.com; jasowang@redhat.com;
> hare@suse.de
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on
> Hyper-V
> 
> On Wed, 2016-03-16 at 18:34 -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> > > > > > > "KY" == KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> writes:
> >
> > KY> How would I get the sysfs files under fc_host if I don't use the
> > FC
> > KY> transport.  The customer scripts expect these sysfs files.
> >
> > Right, but I was interested in finding out why they need those
> > files. And whether an alternative to the FC transport would be a
> > better solution.
> 
> If it's just the wwn file (or a set of other values), we might be able
> to separate that bit out of the FC transport class so you can use it
> independently ... do you have a full list of the files being used?

Wwn files are what we can support on Hyper-V and that is what I want to support
(to address customer requirements).

Regards,

K. Y

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[PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on Hyper-V "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> - 2016-03-12 21:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on  Hyper-V Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-03-15 14:50 +0100
    RE: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on  Hyper-V KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2016-03-15 15:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on Hyper-V "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> - 2016-03-15 22:30 +0100
        RE: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on  Hyper-V KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2016-03-16 00:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on Hyper-V "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> - 2016-03-16 23:40 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on  Hyper-V James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> - 2016-03-17 00:10 +0100
              RE: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on  Hyper-V KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2016-03-17 00:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on  Hyper-V James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> - 2016-03-17 00:50 +0100
                RE: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Support manual scan of FC hosts on  Hyper-V KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2016-03-17 01:10 +0100

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