From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758050AbaLKTFv (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:05:51 -0500 Received: from mail-bn1on0137.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([157.56.110.137]:39181 "EHLO na01-bn1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757052AbaLKTFt convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:05:49 -0500 From: KY Srinivasan To: Sitsofe Wheeler CC: Long Li , "Martin K. Petersen" , Haiyang Zhang , "JBottomley@parallels.com" , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: RE: [PATCH] scsi:storvsc enable reading from VPD pages on SPC-2 Thread-Topic: [PATCH] scsi:storvsc enable reading from VPD pages on SPC-2 Thread-Index: AQHQFEr2lRl5lG262U+8PhB4FFpJLJyJU4TcgAAVCoCAABEBoIAAv1OAgACEvWA= Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:49:58 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1418200705-488-1-git-send-email-longli@microsoft.com> <20141211101945.GA25624@sucs.org> In-Reply-To: <20141211101945.GA25624@sucs.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [2001:4898:80e8:ed31::3] x-microsoft-antispam: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BY2PR0301MB0774; x-exchange-antispam-report-test: UriScan:; x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BY2PR0301MB0774; x-forefront-prvs: 0422860ED4 x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM;SFS:(10019020)(6009001)(51704005)(199003)(13464003)(24454002)(189002)(377454003)(20776003)(64706001)(92566001)(21056001)(50986999)(86362001)(54206007)(74316001)(2656002)(86612001)(15395725005)(54356999)(54606007)(68736005)(76176999)(102836002)(15975445007)(46102003)(106356001)(62966003)(105586002)(107046002)(110136001)(99396003)(122556002)(76576001)(87936001)(1411001)(31966008)(19580405001)(77156002)(99286002)(106116001)(4396001)(101416001)(40100003)(120916001)(93886004)(19580395003)(33656002)(97736003)(3826002);DIR:OUT;SFP:1102;SCL:1;SRVR:BY2PR0301MB0774;H:BY2PR0301MB0711.namprd03.prod.outlook.com;FPR:;SPF:None;MLV:sfv;PTR:InfoNoRecords;A:1;MX:1;LANG:en; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: microsoft.onmicrosoft.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Sitsofe Wheeler [mailto:sitsofe@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:54 AM > To: KY Srinivasan > Cc: Long Li; Martin K. Petersen; Haiyang Zhang; JBottomley@parallels.com; > linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org; linux- > kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi:storvsc enable reading from VPD pages on SPC-2 > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:30:30PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > + {"Msft", "Virtual Disk", "1.0", BLIST_TRY_VPD_PAGES}, > > > > > > > > Is that version field meaningful or is it safe for us to inquire > > > > about VPD pages without problems on older versions? > > > > > > This version is used in all current Hyper-V hosts: Windows 2008 R2, > > > 2012 and > > > 2012 R2. However it may change in future Windows releases. > > > > The next version of the host will be claiming conformance to SPC-3 > > Will the version number ("1.0") of Virtual Disks also be changed? Part of me > hopes it will as it will mean certain quirks for virtual disks will be easier to > apply and won't need host version (are you 2008, 2012, > 2016) version logic... Spoke to the folks on Windows side of the house. They currently don't have plans to Change the version number ("1.0"). K. Y > > -- > Sitsofe | http://sucs.org/~sits/