On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 09:45 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 09:41:35AM -0700, Andy Grover wrote:
> Proper handling of lpfc target mode is a good reason to prioritize getting
> it in the upstream kernel. Sebastian Herbszt posted a patch for this on
> April 12, should we be making more of an effort to review that for
> inclusion?
The patch from Sebastian does not actually seem to be a complete target
driver. It introduces all kinds of hooks in the lpfc driver, but no
actual target driver logic.
The old Emulex was not ready to embrace upstream target mode beyond
their SDK, and given their recent acquisition I don't expect this to
change anytime soon.
It's going to take someone like Sebastian who actually cares to make it
happen, and work through the expected push back from Emulex LLD folks.
--nab