RE: [PATCH 2/6] mpt fusion: Firmware Event implementation using seperate WorkQueue

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On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 19:18 +0530, Desai, Kashyap wrote:
> It is actually for some customer specific array. They are using multi
> pathing with LSI HBA. When switch over from one path to other path
> happens TUR request for that device won't reply immediately. It
> normally took ~150 seconds. 

A multi-pathing fix doesn't belong in your driver.  The correct place to
fix this is in the pathing software:  if it's dm-mp, it likely needs a
quiesce phase before probing the path.

The reason is that this will manifest for everyone, not just people
using LSI drivers.

James

> Since it is customer specific solution and they are planning to use
> upstream driver in future instead of LSI's inbox driver, I have posted
> it to upstream. Well, I will remove it once that specific need is no
> more required in future.


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