On 08/10/2017 12:08 AM, Don Brace wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hannes Reinecke [mailto:h...@suse.de] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 3:35 AM >> To: Martin K. Petersen <martin.peter...@oracle.com> >> Cc: Don Brace <don.br...@microsemi.com>; Christoph Hellwig >> <h...@lst.de>; James Bottomley >> <james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com>; Meelis Roos >> <mr...@linux.ee>; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; Hannes Reinecke >> <h...@suse.de> >> Subject: [PATCH RESEND 0/6] hpsa: support legacy boards >> >> EXTERNAL EMAIL >> >> >> (Resend to include linux-scsi) >> >> Hi all, >> >> this patch adds support for legacy boards, ie for boards previously >> supported by cciss only. >> With this patchset the hpsa driver should work with all Smart Array >> boards if the 'hpsa_allow_any' module option is set, rendering the >> cciss driver obsolete. >> >> Hannes Reinecke (5): >> hpsa: consolidate status variables >> hpsa: add support for legacy boards >> hpsa: disable volume status check for older controller >> hpsa: Ignore errors for unsupported LV_DEVICE_ID VPD page >> hpsa: do not print errors for unsupported report luns format >> >> Jeff Mahoney (1): >> hpsa: handle unsupported devices more gracefully >> >> drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 131 >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- >> drivers/scsi/hpsa.h | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++--- >> 2 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) >> >> -- >> 1.8.5.6 > > NACK this series > > We do not want to support these older controllers in the hpsa driver. > > While the driver may load and manage requests under healthy conditions > many features will not be supported. Customers will not have support > for any issues involving these controllers. > > We would need to track these changes in our OOB driver adding > more confusion. > Weelll ... that is _precisely_ why I introduced the 'unsupported' flag to the hba structure; once this is set we have encountered an unsupported board, and things might not work as expected.
More importantly, you don't have to support that board. We can even add a stronger wording if you like, eg printing out a big fat warning in dmesg 'This board is unsupported, some features might not work'. So where's the bother here? Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Teamlead Storage & Networking h...@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: F. Imendörffer, J. Smithard, J. Guild, D. Upmanyu, G. Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
