https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=273707 Summary: Request OpenSUSE 10.3 to include FC Transport NPIV patch Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Alpha 3plus Platform: All OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: james.smart@emulex.com QAContact: qa@suse.de CC: cgriffin@novell.com, rawipfel@novell.com, rbowns@novell.com, hare@novell.com, laurie.barry@emulex.com In working with Novell Teams supporting Zenworks, etc, there is a desire to add NPIV support to OpenSUSE 10.3, in preparation for SLES11. Although this could be done by driver-specific methods, it is preferred that the vendor-agnostic method of NPIV support via the FC transport is used. This bugzilla is being used to request the addition of NPIV support into SLES10SP2 by picking up the upstream NPIV patch for the FC transport. The patches requested were posted upstream at : http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=117768770720886&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=117768824017278&w=2 I will add an attachment with the patches. The original RFC for npiv was posted upstream in February: http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=117226959918393&w=2 It has been reviewed by linux-scsi as well as by each of the linux FC driver vendors, resulting in the final patch (above) being posted on 4/27. FYI: In conversations with James Bottomley, as this has been under review for over 2 months with little comment, he will be pulling it into the scsi-misc-2.6 tree shortly. It is expected the change will become part of the 2.6.23 kernel. -- james s -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.