On Thu, 2026-01-22 at 22:29 +0100, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> Info from https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122123037102604 :
> 
> "Kiyoshi Ueda <[email protected]> wrote:
> [...]
> Some basic function/performance testings are done with NEC iStorage
> (active-active multipath)..."

Thanks... so, you inferred the settings just from the "active-active"? 
That might be correct, but it's hard to say with confidence after 15+
years.

Nobody has complained about this device not being in our HW table.
I admire your detective skills, but I don't think that adding it now,
guessing the parameters, makes much sense.

Regards,
Martin

> 
> Added to BLIST in:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12427d99489966185dc12a0b6f725d682a3277ca
> 
> Cc: Mike Christie <[email protected]>
> Cc: Martin Wilck <[email protected]>
> Cc: Benjamin Marzinski <[email protected]>
> Cc: Christophe Varoqui <[email protected]>
> Cc: DM_DEVEL-ML <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <[email protected]>
> ---
>  libmultipath/hwtable.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/libmultipath/hwtable.c b/libmultipath/hwtable.c
> index 23c54933..4fc245a4 100644
> --- a/libmultipath/hwtable.c
> +++ b/libmultipath/hwtable.c
> @@ -872,6 +872,13 @@ static struct hwentry default_hw[] = {
>               .pgfailback    = -FAILBACK_IMMEDIATE,
>               .prio_name     = PRIO_ALUA,
>       },
> +     {
> +              // iStorage series
> +             .vendor        = "NEC",
> +             .product       = "iStorage",
> +             .pgpolicy      = MULTIBUS,
> +             .no_path_retry = 30,
> +     },
>       /*
>        * Oracle
>        */

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