Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758275AbZDBDcV (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:32:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753410AbZDBDcH (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:32:07 -0400 Received: from mx30.brocade.com ([144.49.194.4]:19488 "EHLO mx30.brocade.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752152AbZDBDcG (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:32:06 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.39,310,1235980800"; d="scan'208";a="71935943" Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 20:32:02 -0700 From: Krishna Gudipati Message-Id: <200904020332.n323W2Yq003386@blc-10-2.brocade.com> To: James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com Subject: [PATCH 0/5] bfa: Brocade BFA FC SCSI driver (overview) Cc: huangj@brocade.com, kgudipat@brocade.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, nkattang@brocade.com, rvadivel@brocade.com, vravindr@brocade.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1692 Lines: 38 From: Krishna Chaitanya Gudipati This is an interim submission of Brocade BFA FC SCSI Driver for code review. We moved FC protocol/port state machine part of the driver to the firmware to make the driver simpler. We also implemented the code review comments received from last submission which include: 1) replaced bfa specific list management routines by standard linux list implemetation. 2) Minor fixes to naming, Makefile, kconfig etc. 3) Other review comments that were pointed out in regard to storing return values and use them as error codes etc., 4) We are still considering the comments from Eike regarding using devres for our driver and this patch does not have that feature but fixes all other comments. The driver submitted now is fully functional. It contains a serial of 5 patches generated using 2.6.29 kernel. Here is a brief description of each patch: [PATCH 1/5]: Linux driver specific code, things such as module load/unload, PCI probe/release, interrupt handler, and sysfs interface etc. All the files start with "bfad_" prefix. [PATCH 2/5]: Hardware/FW access code. All files start with "bfa_" prefix. [PATCH 3/5]: Common header files shared by linux driver specific and hardware/FW access code. [PATCH 4/5]: Updated Kconfig and Makefile for driver/scsi, and Makefile for bfa driver. [PATCH 5/5]: Updated MAINTAINER file. Signed-off-by: Krishna Chaitanya Gudipati --- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/