From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753412AbYIZAvB (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:51:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752201AbYIZAuv (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:50:51 -0400 Received: from mx10.brocade.com ([208.185.105.18]:63830 "EHLO mx10.brocade.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752164AbYIZAuu (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:50:50 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,309,1220252400"; d="scan'208";a="127168532" Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:50:47 -0700 From: Jing Huang Message-Id: <200809260050.m8Q0oltC027096@swe37.brocade.com> To: James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com Subject: [PATCH 0/6] bfa: Brocade BFA FC SCSI driver submission (2nd try) Cc: huangj@brocade.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, rvadivel@brocade.com, srayas@brocade.com, vravindr@brocade.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Jing Huang This is the initial submission of Brocade BFA FC SCSI Driver to the upstream kernel. The following 1-6 patches contain the driver source for Brocade 8G Fibre Channel to PCIe HBA and other supporting files for kernel inclusion. Brocade Fibre Channel HBA driver, also called as BFA driver, is a SCSI lower layer driver. It interfaces with SCSI mid layer, and controls Brocade FC controller through its firmware API. BFA driver supports fabric, P2P and autotopolgy. It runs at 1/2/4/8G and auto link speed. It also supports features such as sysfs interface, NPIV, and PCI hotplug etc. Here is a brief description of the patches included in this submission: [PATCH 1/6]: 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 2/6]: Hardware/FW access code. All files start with "bfa_" prefix. [PATCH 3/6]: Common header files shared by linux driver specific and hardware/FW access code. [PATCH 4/6]: Updated Kconfig and Makefile for driver/scsi, and new Makefile and Kconfig file for bfa driver [PATCH 5/6]: Document for Brocade specific sysfs interface for HBA management. [PATCH 6/6]: Update MAINTAINER file. Signed-off-by: Jing Huang ---