Re: [PATCH] mptsas: Fixup device hotplug for VMWare ESXi

2017-08-25 Thread Martin K. Petersen
Hannes, > VMWare ESXi emulates an mptsas HBA, but exposes all drives as > direct-attached SAS drives. This it not how the driver originally > envisioned things; SAS drives were supposed to be connected via an > expander, and only SATA drives would be direct attached. As such any > hotplug event

[PATCH] mptsas: Fixup device hotplug for VMWare ESXi

2017-08-24 Thread Hannes Reinecke
VMWare ESXi emulates an mptsas HBA, but exposes all drives as direct-attached SAS drives. This it not how the driver originally envisioned things; SAS drives were supposed to be connected via an expander, and only SATA drives would be direct attached. As such any hotplug event for direct-attach SAS