[dm-devel] [PATCH 4/9] multipath-tools: add NetApp E-Series NVMe to hardware table
Martin Wilck
mwilck at suse.com
Thu Jun 9 17:00:48 UTC 2022
On Thu, 2022-06-09 at 18:56 +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> On 6/9/22 18:49, Martin Wilck wrote:
>
> > IIUC NetApp's concern is not the generic entry, but the entries
> > mentioning E-Series or it's OEM products in NVMe configuration
> > explicitly. I also have some trouble understanding the concern, but
> > NetApp is in charge of these entries, so I believe we should
> > respect
> > what they're saying.
> >
> > With the late patches I submitted, the generic NVMe defaults would
> > work
> > for the NetApp devices without those being explicitly mentioned. I
> > hope
> > this is ok for everyone. Only the no_path_retry setting would get
> > lost,
> > which is acceptable IMO because this is rather an admin setting
> > than
> > product-specific.
>
> And now (IMO) it is worse, because NetApp NVMe arrays are under a
> generic config.
>
> What do they hate? just ".product = "NetApp E-Series"" ???
I can't speak for Steve, but yes, this is what I understood. The
concern is that someone would read the entry and conclude that this
configuration is officially endorsed and supported by NetApp.
This is why I added the disclaimer in the man page.
Regards,
Martin
More information about the dm-devel
mailing list