James Smart wrote:
So, what's the decision - are we only allowing this for physical adapters that don't have a name ? or are we allowing it to be more dynamic ?
At a minimum, I think(?) we all agree that current upstream aic94xx behavior is nice: allow the admin to override the WWN manually, even if the adapter already has one.
As to the question of request_firmware() versus sysfs, it's IMO largely a question of taste -- do you like the "get property" on-demand pull model, or a push model that presumes the property must be set before it is needed? And which solution requires the least amount of additional userspace machinery in order to be usable?
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