From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:41:40 -0400 > And that's been my plan from day one... which is remarkably a lot like > the behavior of several net drivers. :) > > * attempt to read WWN during module load > * admin may optionally choose to manually specify OR auto-generate a WWN > * fail, if no WWN [stating the obvious] And like with networking cases, we have situations where a platform might be able to assist. There are several systems that provide a "system MAC address" to use when you can't obtain one for a specific device. This valus is provided via a firmware property. Similarly, we could ask an interface that goes to platform to ask them for a WWN. We have code which does this in some of the qlogic FC drivers already. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
