* Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing
@ 2017-10-18 17:13 Laurence Oberman
2017-10-18 17:25 ` Randy Dunlap
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Laurence Oberman @ 2017-10-18 17:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-scsi; +Cc: Martin K. Petersen
Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also
don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out.
Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
@@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
+
+Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line.
+Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot
line.
+For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the
scsi_mod as follows
+scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x80000000
+
--
1.8.3.1
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* Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing
2017-10-18 17:13 Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing Laurence Oberman
@ 2017-10-18 17:25 ` Randy Dunlap
[not found] ` <CAFfF4qua-gutNTT+s+HuxrgS_B8sV5J+8x0-VbrYwObd5mN4bQ@mail.gmail.com>
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Randy Dunlap @ 2017-10-18 17:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Laurence Oberman, linux-scsi; +Cc: Martin K. Petersen
On 10/18/17 10:13, Laurence Oberman wrote:
> Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also
> don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com>
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
>
> wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
> See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
> +
> +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line.
line:
> +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot
It's
> line.
> +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the
> scsi_mod as follows
as follows:
> +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x80000000
> +
> --
> 1.8.3.1
Also the patch has some weird line breaks.
--
~Randy
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* Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing
[not found] ` <CAFfF4qua-gutNTT+s+HuxrgS_B8sV5J+8x0-VbrYwObd5mN4bQ@mail.gmail.com>
@ 2017-10-18 17:46 ` Randy Dunlap
2017-10-18 17:51 ` Laurence Oberman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Randy Dunlap @ 2017-10-18 17:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Laurence Oberman; +Cc: linux-scsi, Martin K. Petersen
On 10/18/17 10:28, Laurence Oberman wrote:
> I just noticed that
> Was taken straight out of git after changing the Doc file.
> Let me see why git did that
>
It's more likely that Evolution did it.
>
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org <mailto:rdunlap@infradead.org>> wrote:
>
> On 10/18/17 10:13, Laurence Oberman wrote:
> > Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also
> > don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com <mailto:loberman@redhat.com>>
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> > b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> > index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> > @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
> >
> > wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
> > See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
> > +
> > +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line.
>
> line:
>
> > +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot
>
> It's
>
> > line.
> > +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the
> > scsi_mod as follows
>
> as follows:
>
> > +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x80000000
> > +
> > --
> > 1.8.3.1
>
>
> Also the patch has some weird line breaks.
>
>
> --
> ~Randy
>
>
--
~Randy
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* Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing
2017-10-18 17:46 ` Randy Dunlap
@ 2017-10-18 17:51 ` Laurence Oberman
2017-10-19 0:52 ` Martin K. Petersen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Laurence Oberman @ 2017-10-18 17:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Randy Dunlap; +Cc: linux-scsi, Martin K. Petersen
Indeed it was Evolution and then linux-scsi rejected my fix.
Trying again, for some reason it thought I had html
Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com>
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
@@ -116,3 +116,11 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
+
+Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line:
+
+It's not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot line.
+For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the scsi_mod as
+follows.
+On kernel line add scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x8000000
+
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
> On 10/18/17 10:28, Laurence Oberman wrote:
>> I just noticed that
>> Was taken straight out of git after changing the Doc file.
>> Let me see why git did that
>>
>
> It's more likely that Evolution did it.
>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org <mailto:rdunlap@infradead.org>> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/18/17 10:13, Laurence Oberman wrote:
>> > Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also
>> > don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com <mailto:loberman@redhat.com>>
>> >
>> > diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
>> > b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
>> > index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644
>> > --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
>> > +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
>> > @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
>> >
>> > wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
>> > See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
>> > +
>> > +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line.
>>
>> line:
>>
>> > +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot
>>
>> It's
>>
>> > line.
>> > +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the
>> > scsi_mod as follows
>>
>> as follows:
>>
>> > +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x80000000
>> > +
>> > --
>> > 1.8.3.1
>>
>>
>> Also the patch has some weird line breaks.
>>
>>
>> --
>> ~Randy
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> ~Randy
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* Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing
2017-10-18 17:51 ` Laurence Oberman
@ 2017-10-19 0:52 ` Martin K. Petersen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Martin K. Petersen @ 2017-10-19 0:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Laurence Oberman; +Cc: Randy Dunlap, linux-scsi, Martin K. Petersen
Laurence,
> Indeed it was Evolution and then linux-scsi rejected my fix.
Please use git send-email for patch submissions.
--
Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
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