Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing

[Martin K. Petersen]

Laurence,

> Indeed it was Evolution and then linux-scsi rejected my fix.

Please use git send-email for patch submissions.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen  Oracle Linux Engineering

Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing

[Laurence Oberman]

Indeed it was Evolution and then linux-scsi rejected my fix.

Trying again, for some reason it thought I had html

Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman 

--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
@@ -116,3 +116,11 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command

  wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
  See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
+
+Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line:
+
+It's not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot line.
+For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the scsi_mod as
+follows.
+On kernel line add scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x800
+

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Randy Dunlap  wrote:
> On 10/18/17 10:28, Laurence Oberman wrote:
>> I just noticed that
>> Was taken straight out of git after changing the Doc file.
>> Let me see why git did that
>>
>
> It's more likely that Evolution did it.
>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Randy Dunlap > > wrote:
>>
>> On 10/18/17 10:13, Laurence Oberman wrote:
>> > Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also
>> > don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman > >
>> >
>> > diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
>> > b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
>> > index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644
>> > --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
>> > +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
>> > @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
>> >
>> >   wd33c93=[HW,SCSI]
>> >   See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
>> > +
>> > +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line.
>>
>>  line:
>>
>> > +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot
>>
>>It's
>>
>> > line.
>> > +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the
>> > scsi_mod as follows
>>
>>as follows:
>>
>> > +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x8000
>> > +
>> > --
>> > 1.8.3.1
>>
>>
>> Also the patch has some weird line breaks.
>>
>>
>> --
>> ~Randy
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> ~Randy

Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing

[Randy Dunlap]

On 10/18/17 10:28, Laurence Oberman wrote:
> I just noticed that
> Was taken straight out of git after changing the Doc file.
> Let me see why git did that
> 

It's more likely that Evolution did it.

> 
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Randy Dunlap  > wrote:
> 
> On 10/18/17 10:13, Laurence Oberman wrote:
> > Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also
> > don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman  >
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> > b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> > index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> > @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
> >  
> >       wd33c93=        [HW,SCSI]
> >                       See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
> > +
> > +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line.
> 
>                                                          line:
> 
> > +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot
> 
>    It's
> 
> > line.
> > +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the
> > scsi_mod as follows
> 
>            as follows:
> 
> > +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x8000
> > +
> > -- 
> > 1.8.3.1
> 
> 
> Also the patch has some weird line breaks.
> 
> 
> --
> ~Randy
> 
> 


-- 
~Randy

Re: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing

[Randy Dunlap]

On 10/18/17 10:13, Laurence Oberman wrote:
> Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also
> don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman 
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
> @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
>  
>   wd33c93=[HW,SCSI]
>   See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
> +
> +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line.

 line:

> +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot

   It's

> line.
> +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the
> scsi_mod as follows

   as follows:

> +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x8000
> +
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1


Also the patch has some weird line breaks.


-- 
~Randy

Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing

[Laurence Oberman]

Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also
don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out.

Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman 

diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
@@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
 
    wd33c93=[HW,SCSI]
    See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
+
+Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line.
+Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot
line.
+For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the
scsi_mod as follows
+scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x8000
+
-- 
1.8.3.1