Re: [PATCH v2] [SCSI] dpt_i2o: use proper pci driver

[Johannes Thumshirn]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 09:20:03PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 February 2016 07:57 PM, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> >On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:50:14 +0530
> >Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>This is a pci device but was not done in the usual way a pci driver is
> >>done. Convert the driver into a proper pci driver.
> >
> >This looks completely wrong. Please read the I2O 1.5 specification
> >document before playing with that code. You can't simply convert it to a
> >standard PCI driver as all the IOPs are supposed to be detected and then
> >the correct initialization sequence executed across the set of IOPs. IOPs
> >are allowed to talk to one another and the system table binds it all
> >together.
> 
> Yes, thanks for letting me know about the spec. It is saying
> "The host locates each IOP, adds it
> to the system configuration table, and initializes the IOPâs outbound
> message queue. The host then
> provides each IOP with a list of all IOPs and the physical location of their
> inbound message queue."
> 
> >
> >If you do hot plug then you need to follow the specification and do
> >all the extra notifications. Unless you've got multiple FC909/FC920
> >fibechannel cards or similar to test with I would just leave this well
> >alone.
> 
> point noted.
> 
> >Your original simple patch is *MUCH* safer in this specific case.
> 
> The original patch is already having NACK from Johannes. So i better leave
> this code here.

Nah, wasn't a hard NACK. I'm OK with the original code, just was reluctant to
the #ifdefs. I agree I didn't know the I2O specifics and thought a "normal"
PCI driver fitting nicely in the driver model would be the way to go.

Please resend your v1 with my Reviewed-by

> 
> regards
> sudip

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