On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 11:18 +0800, DuanZhenzhong wrote: > Jeff Garzik åé: > > On 01/04/2011 09:08 AM, James Bottomley wrote: > >> On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 15:43 +0800, DuanZhenzhong wrote: > >>> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan<zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>> > >>> --- > >> > >> Description? Since libsas has no firmware, surely some explanation is > >> required. > > > > Indeed. Looks bogus at first glance? > > > > > I was finding all requested but not exported firmware in scsi driver for > generating dump initrd use. > In sas_scsi_host.c, request_firmware is called with "sas_addr", sas_addr > neither builtin nor exported. Don't sas_addr a firmware? Please correct > me. thanks No, it's not requesting any firmware ... it's a slight misuse of the firmware mechanism that allows a libsas based driver to be given a SAS address if it doesn't have an internal nsvram to store one. James -- 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
