Re: [PATCH 00/14] Make ib_srp better suited for H.A. purposes

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On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 13:54 -0500, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> This patch series makes the ib_srp driver better suited for use in a H.A.
> setup because:
> - Switchover without triggering read or write errors become possible. Such
>   errors are bad because these can make a filesystem switch to read-only
>   mode.
> - A ping mechanism has been added that allows to reduce the switch-over
>   time greatly.
> - Disconnecting from a target without unloading ib_srp becomes possible.
> - Switchover can be triggered explicitly by deleting an initiator device.

In general, I'm glad to see this being done. I won't have the time this
week for a detailed review, but will take a look as soon as I can. I
have a number of ideas I'd like to see implemented (and have partially
done), so it will be interesting to see if we're using similar
approaches.
-- 
Dave Dillow
National Center for Computational Science
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(865) 241-6602 office


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