On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:45:53 -0500
James Bottomley <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 23:34 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:37:33PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > >> Are there any const-ness worries for scsi_host_template, or plans for
> > >> the future? I do not see any other examples of the host template
> > >> members getting modified.
> > >
> > > Goodness, Jeff, you haven't looked too hard. There's dozens of examples
> > > I've come across trawling the horrible unmaintained drivers. I'd love
> > > to see scsi_host_template become const, but it's not happening any time
> > > soon, and we can address this little piece when the time comes.
> >
> > Well, sure, the driver is the owner of that memory.
> >
> > We're talking about common code.
> >
> > If everybody agrees SHT is R/W in the core, Fujita-san's patch is fine.
>
> Well, I don't like mucking with the template either.
>
> This whole mess is generated basically because the zero default of the
> template should be treated as initiator. How about this, which makes
> that manifest?
But how can we handle dual-mode drivers?
luce:/sys/class/scsi_host/host0$ cat supported_mode
Initiator, Target
The values are not enumerated. They are like FC_PORT_ROLE.
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