Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] mpt3sas: Add nvme device support in slave alloc, target alloc and probe

[Sreekanth Reddy]

On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/14/2017 03:22 PM, Suganath Prabu S wrote:
>> 1) Added support for probing pcie device and adding NVMe drives to
>> SML and driver's internal list pcie_device_list.
>>
>> 2) Added support for determing NVMe as boot device.
>>
>> 3) Added nvme device support for call back functions scan_finished
>> target_alloc,slave_alloc,target destroy and slave destroy.
>>
>>  a) During scan, pcie devices are probed and added to SML to drivers
>> internal list.
>>
>>  b) target_alloc & slave alloc API's allocates resources for
>> (MPT3SAS_TARGET & MPT3SAS_DEVICE) private datas and holds
>> information like handle, target_id etc.
>>
>>  c) slave_destroy & target_destroy are called when driver unregisters
>> or removes device. Also frees allocated resources and info.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chaitra P B <chaitra.basappa@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Suganath Prabu S <suganath-prabu.subramani@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h  |  110 ++++++++-
>>  drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c |  431 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  2 files changed, 507 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
>>
> Have you considered using 'scan_start()/scan_finished()' SCSI midlayer
> callbacks here?
> Seeing that you are enumerating the devices internally already that
> should give you better control about the scanning process.

Yes mpt3sas driver has defined scan_start() & scan_finished()
callbacks function. In the scan_start() callback function driver will
issue Port Enable request to the HBA Firmware to enable the HBA ports,
so the driver can start receiving drives (SAS/SATA/NVMe) discovery
events from firmware and add the discovered drives to the respective
drive type list. (e.g. SAS & SATA drives are added sas_device_list and
NVMe drives are added to pcie_device_list) . Once the driver receives
the Port Enable completion reply message from firmware then in the
scan_finished() callback function driver will register the SAS & SATA
devices added in the sas_device_list to SCSI Transport Layer by using
sas_rphy_add() API and NVMe devices added in the pcie_device_list are
directly added to SML by using scsi_add_device() API with channel
number set to two.

Thanks,
Sreekanth
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes
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