> -----Original Message----- > From: James Bottomley [mailto:James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:04 PM > To: Desai, Kashyap > Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Moore, Eric; Prakash, Sathya > Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/06] mptfusion: Added new sysfs parameters for > handle, sas_addr and handles > > On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 15:29 +0530, Kashyap, Desai wrote: > > New feature is added. sas_address, sad_device_hanlde and firmware id > will be visible from > > sysfs parameters. > > Well, sas_address, no ... it's already part of the phy properties of > the > sas transport class. James, I agree on this point. > > Why handle and firmware_id ... they're fairly irrelevant properties of > the internal firmware ... so what's the point in exposing them > externally? This is mainly for debugging in case if device is not mapped to correct handle and fw_id (which are completely LSI firmware's internal). This was raised by few customers who really wanted to watch handles and fw_id of LSI firmware through sysfs. ~ Kashyap > > James > ÿô.nlj·Ÿ®‰†+%ŠË±é¥Šwÿº{.nlj·¥Š{±þÇ‹ø¡Ü}©ž²ÆzÚj:+v‰¨þø®w¥þŠàÞ¨è&¢)ß«a¶Úÿûz¹ÞúŽŠÝjÿŠwèf
