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James Smart 2ea3a393bf scsi: lpfc: Remove failing soft_wwn support
The soft_wwpn/soft_wwn functionality, which allows the driver to modify
service parameters in an attempt to override the adapter-assigned WWN, was
originally attempted to be removed roughly 6 yrs ago as new fabric features
were being introduced that clashed with the implementation.  In the end,
the feature was left in with the user being responsible if things went
south.

We've reached a point where soft_wwn is no longer functional and is failing
in almost all production use cases. Use of Fabric features such as Fabric
Assigned WWPN and Automatic DPORT is now prevalent and the features require
coordination between the adapter and driver that can't be solved by the
simplistic update of the service parameters. As it is no longer functional,
the feature is to be removed.

There are still ways to override the adapter-assigned WWN but they require
the admin to invoke bios/efi level menus.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220310154845.11125-1-jsmart2021@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@oracle.com>
Co-developed-by: Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: James Smart <jsmart2021@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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block scsi: block: Remove REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME support 2022-02-22 21:11:08 -05:00
certs certs: Fix build error when CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY is empty 2022-01-23 00:08:44 +09:00
crypto lib/crypto: add prompts back to crypto libraries 2022-01-18 13:03:55 +01:00
Documentation scsi: ufs: docs: UFS documentation corrections 2022-03-08 22:49:49 -05:00
drivers scsi: lpfc: Remove failing soft_wwn support 2022-03-14 23:29:49 -04:00
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ipc proc: remove PDE_DATA() completely 2022-01-22 08:33:37 +02:00
kernel scsi: block: Remove REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME support 2022-02-22 21:11:08 -05:00
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README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.