> -----Original Message----- > From: Sitsofe Wheeler [mailto:sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:54 AM > To: KY Srinivasan > Cc: Long Li; Martin K. Petersen; Haiyang Zhang; JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi:storvsc enable reading from VPD pages on SPC-2 > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:30:30PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > + {"Msft", "Virtual Disk", "1.0", BLIST_TRY_VPD_PAGES}, > > > > > > > > Is that version field meaningful or is it safe for us to inquire > > > > about VPD pages without problems on older versions? > > > > > > This version is used in all current Hyper-V hosts: Windows 2008 R2, > > > 2012 and > > > 2012 R2. However it may change in future Windows releases. > > > > The next version of the host will be claiming conformance to SPC-3 > > Will the version number ("1.0") of Virtual Disks also be changed? Part of me > hopes it will as it will mean certain quirks for virtual disks will be easier to > apply and won't need host version (are you 2008, 2012, > 2016) version logic... Spoke to the folks on Windows side of the house. They currently don't have plans to Change the version number ("1.0"). K. Y > > -- > Sitsofe | http://sucs.org/~sits/ -- 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
