Hi all, this patchset adds some more abstraction to the multipath hardware handlers. - A generic workqueue framework is added, which allows the hardware handler to submit failover commands independent from multipath I/O. - The exsting RDAC hardware handler is converted to use that framework - A new SPC-3 ALUA hardware handler is added, using that framework - A controller abstraction is added to the framework, which allows for command throttling based on the used controller. - The RDAC hardware handler is modified to use the new controller framework. This patchset superseded my previous implementation of the SPC-3 ALUA handler. Next plans are to update the table definitions and multipath-tools to allow for a passing of the controller ID from userland; ALUA doesn't specify for any controller information, so we have to do this by hand based on prior knowledge of the storage array. As per normal, comments etc welcome. Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) - 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
