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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-28 16:44:18 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-28 16:44:18 -0700
commitec7ae517537ae5c7b0b2cd7f562dfa3e7a05b954 (patch)
treee6b0c64a51a7c0aa0efd09d4f7a80872e3b1657a /Documentation/ABI
parent97d2eb13a019ec09cc1a7ea2d3705c0b117b3c0d (diff)
parent590134fa78fbdbe5fea78c7ae0b2c3364bc9572f (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (204 commits) [SCSI] qla4xxx: export address/port of connection (fix udev disk names) [SCSI] ipr: Fix BUG on adapter dump timeout [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Fix instance access in megasas_reset_timer [SCSI] hpsa: change confusing message to be more clear [SCSI] iscsi class: fix vlan configuration [SCSI] qla4xxx: fix data alignment and use nl helpers [SCSI] iscsi class: fix link local mispelling [SCSI] iscsi class: Replace iscsi_get_next_target_id with IDA [SCSI] aacraid: use lower snprintf() limit [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.27: Change driver version to 8.3.27 [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.27: T10 additions for SLI4 [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.27: Fix queue allocation failure recovery [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.27: Change algorithm for getting physical port name [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.27: Changed worst case mailbox timeout [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.27: Miscellanous logic and interface fixes [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Changelog and version update [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add driver workaround for PERC5/1068 kdump kernel panic [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add multiple MSI-X vector/multiple reply queue support [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add support for MegaRAID 9360/9380 12GB/s controllers [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Clear FUSION_IN_RESET before enabling interrupts ...
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@@ -206,3 +206,16 @@ Description:
when a discarded area is read the discard_zeroes_data
parameter will be set to one. Otherwise it will be 0 and
the result of reading a discarded area is undefined.
+What: /sys/block/<disk>/alias
+Date: Aug 2011
+Contact: Nao Nishijima <nao.nishijima.xt@hitachi.com>
+Description:
+ A raw device name of a disk does not always point a same disk
+ each boot-up time. Therefore, users have to use persistent
+ device names, which udev creates when the kernel finds a disk,
+ instead of raw device name. However, kernel doesn't show those
+ persistent names on its messages (e.g. dmesg).
+ This file can store an alias of the disk and it would be
+ appeared in kernel messages if it is set. A disk can have an
+ alias which length is up to 255bytes. Users can use alphabets,
+ numbers, "-" and "_" in alias name. This file is writeonce.