On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 09:27:03PM +0800, Xiangliang Yu wrote: > This patch set will support SATA port multiplier(PM) in LIBSAS. > > LIBSAS is need to implement several key handling to support SATA PM: > First,low level driver notify libsas that SATA PM is attached to HBA port. > Then, LIBSAS will need to schedule SATA PMP error handler to scan SATA device > that is attached to PM, so we must implemet port softreset and PMP reset > handling. > If find SATA devices, we should add the devices into SAS transport layer. > In order to find SAS domain device we must implemet device type transformation > : scsi device -> (port number) -> ata device -> domain device. Then, we can > execute IO operation. > > In these patches, patch 1 is change SATA error handler. > And patch 2 will add SATA device into SAS layer and implement device type > transformation. Patch 3 implement SATA functional interface in mvsas.
Please properly thread the patchset from the next posting. Dan, can you please take a look at this? Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
