From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753712AbcBDIDW (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2016 03:03:22 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:42894 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753166AbcBDIDU (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2016 03:03:20 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:03:17 +0100 From: Johannes Thumshirn To: Tyrel Datwyler Cc: JBottomley@odin.com, martin.petersen@oracle.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com, brking@linux.vnet.ibm.com, hare@suse.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] ibmvscsi: Remove unsupported host config MAD and sysfs interface Message-ID: <20160204080317.GT27969@c203.arch.suse.de> References: <1454542114-1797-1-git-send-email-tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1454542114-1797-6-git-send-email-tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1454542114-1797-6-git-send-email-tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 05:28:33PM -0600, Tyrel Datwyler wrote: > A VIOSRP_HOST_CONFIG_TYPE management datagram (MAD) has existed in > the code for some time. From what information I've gathered from > Brian King this was likely implemented on the host side in a SLES 9 > based VIOS, which is no longer supported anywhere. Further, it is > not defined in PAPR or supported by any AIX based VIOS. > > Treating as bit rot and removing the sysfs interface and associated > host config code accordingly. Doesn't removing a sysfs interface potentially break userspace code? -- Johannes Thumshirn Storage jthumshirn@suse.de +49 911 74053 689 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) Key fingerprint = EC38 9CAB C2C4 F25D 8600 D0D0 0393 969D 2D76 0850