From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Matthew R. Ochs" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] cxlflash: Add device dependent flags Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:16:06 -0500 Message-ID: <742D7B6C-4A3F-4B9D-81DF-B37278510DE9@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <1466034460-17797-1-git-send-email-ukrishn@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1466034578-17914-1-git-send-email-ukrishn@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Return-path: Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:53998 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754198AbcFTRR3 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:17:29 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098413.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.11/8.16.0.11) with SMTP id u5KH97YN095758 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:16:21 -0400 Received: from e17.ny.us.ibm.com (e17.ny.us.ibm.com [129.33.205.207]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 23n0esm6ha-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:16:21 -0400 Received: from localhost by e17.ny.us.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:16:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1466034578-17914-1-git-send-email-ukrishn@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Uma Krishnan Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, James Bottomley , "Martin K. Petersen" , "Manoj N. Kumar" , Brian King , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Ian Munsie , Andrew Donnellan , Frederic Barrat , Christophe Lombard > On Jun 15, 2016, at 6:49 PM, Uma Krishnan wrote: > > Device dependent flags are needed to support functions that are > specific to a particular device. > > One such case is - some CXL Flash cards need to be notified of > device shutdown. For other CXL devices, this feature does not prove > to be useful yet. Such distinct features need to be identified in > the driver to bypass or invoke specific functionality. > > In this patch, a member 'flags' has been added to device dependent > values. These flags will be used and expanded in the future to > support various device specific functions. > > Signed-off-by: Uma Krishnan Acked-by: Matthew R. Ochs From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com [148.163.158.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3rYHZZ1vbNzDqCp for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 03:16:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from pps.filterd (m0098413.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.11/8.16.0.11) with SMTP id u5KH99JR095898 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:16:17 -0400 Received: from e17.ny.us.ibm.com (e17.ny.us.ibm.com [129.33.205.207]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 23n0esm6hd-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:16:17 -0400 Received: from localhost by e17.ny.us.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:16:16 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] cxlflash: Add device dependent flags From: "Matthew R. Ochs" In-Reply-To: <1466034578-17914-1-git-send-email-ukrishn@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:16:06 -0500 Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, James Bottomley , "Martin K. Petersen" , "Manoj N. Kumar" , Brian King , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Ian Munsie , Andrew Donnellan , Frederic Barrat , Christophe Lombard References: <1466034460-17797-1-git-send-email-ukrishn@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1466034578-17914-1-git-send-email-ukrishn@linux.vnet.ibm.com> To: Uma Krishnan Message-Id: <742D7B6C-4A3F-4B9D-81DF-B37278510DE9@linux.vnet.ibm.com> List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > On Jun 15, 2016, at 6:49 PM, Uma Krishnan = wrote: >=20 > Device dependent flags are needed to support functions that are > specific to a particular device. >=20 > One such case is - some CXL Flash cards need to be notified of > device shutdown. For other CXL devices, this feature does not prove > to be useful yet. Such distinct features need to be identified in > the driver to bypass or invoke specific functionality. >=20 > In this patch, a member 'flags' has been added to device dependent > values. These flags will be used and expanded in the future to > support various device specific functions. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Uma Krishnan Acked-by: Matthew R. Ochs