From patchwork Wed Oct 18 17:13:09 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Laurence Oberman X-Patchwork-Id: 10015107 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99DAC601E7 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:13:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80732292A8 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:13:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 749EB292DF; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:13:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.4 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16C1E292A8 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:13:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750960AbdJRRNL (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:13:11 -0400 Received: from mail-qt0-f196.google.com ([209.85.216.196]:55280 "EHLO mail-qt0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750853AbdJRRNL (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:13:11 -0400 Received: by mail-qt0-f196.google.com with SMTP id z19so11146016qtg.11 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:13:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=A8p+R+udikPJiPblsaKA5S4yeuxye3dGU4FsgYEtrIQ=; b=Ebl1TI9wbI+Ikg2qKHWbJZ7OssrUqQdG5mw8Co14MqpMzoYkWYwFDlxRpko1TBAe4B nrj6ABrSE7mbyD/A+B7PBU4gC1BHylDwwBxKeDNXXLFCihjHRE7hdthwiQ0FWqufEydh R9lbVaQFcyCTcl8/a/YNE45V6EqFa6oYQpZ//1vthEqXv7gYivxFbxzxsRAz6kn2q2eE Uk//k3g2w8ZWVFRGFOS77gyqkGeWAQvrVbasotlNbpE06D+3LA4PcRJHPaon6MszaAuE Hi0B7XG+g6lI53jIpnodfIaJZLAhmZIXyetRIT5STr7s58Uzo8nW0byGPwts6dP3M8mL VIWg== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaUgZ88A6XmFF6UPRBeEnovxNHrLUl7C5crF23HWJdRT6nzk/v1R QDcIXkhbmp45AvX4I7FL4HsBbZrJ3tI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+SGZm6rpVrTrm+ltRSvprvi1+8ZUpmceQB0T2lPhlVXzpfCSMbCPAkOBK3spa85ecfIybZtLw== X-Received: by 10.237.36.189 with SMTP id t58mr4309564qtc.332.1508346790271; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:13:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from loberhel74 (71-88-101-235.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com. [71.88.101.235]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s187sm5219496qke.68.2017.10.18.10.13.09 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:13:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1508346789.13599.2.camel@redhat.com> Subject: Patch: add to Documentation/scsi for scsi_dev_flags and command line passing From: Laurence Oberman To: linux-scsi Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:13:09 -0400 X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.6 (3.22.6-10.el7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Tired of forgetting about this so documented it for others so they also don't spend unnecessary time figuring this out. Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman +scsi_mod.dev_flags=LIO-ORG:thin2:0x80000000 + --  1.8.3.1 diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt index 8477655..c9e9ce8 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command     wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]   See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c. + +Additional notes on passing parameters on the command line. +Its not intuitively obvious how to pass certain parameters on the boot line. +For parameters such as scsi_dev_flags, you need to pass to the scsi_mod as follows