On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:00:00 +0000 "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > As for the patches I mentioned which were previously ignored for > > > improving how the current cciss SCSI code handled hot plogging, if > > > you're curious about that, check here: > > > > > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=120213565000426&w=4 > > > > > > A change like that becomes more important if logical drives are > > > exposed through the scsi layer. > > > > We need to think about the best way to map (expose) logical > > and physical drivers to SCSI luns. As I wrote before, I'm > > interested in how HP SCSI driver does. > > We don't neccesarily want or need to expose the physical disks. The only exception is disks that are not part of a logical volume. If the disks are part of a logical volume but exposed the user may shoot themselves in the foot by destroying the firmware metadata. Oops, sorry, I meant physical tape drives. -- 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
