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    qla2xxx: Add framework for async fabric discovery · 726b8548
    Quinn Tran authored
    Currently code performs a full scan of the fabric for
    every RSCN. Its an expensive process in a noisy large SAN.
    
    This patch optimizes expensive fabric discovery process by
    scanning switch for the affected port when RSCN is received.
    
    Currently Initiator Mode code makes login/logout decision without
    knowledge of target mode. This causes driver and firmware to go
    out-of-sync. This framework synchronizes both initiator mode
    personality and target mode personality in making login/logout
    decision.
    
    This patch adds following capabilities in the driver
    
    - Send Notification Acknowledgement asynchronously.
    - Update session/fcport state asynchronously.
    - Create a session or fcport struct asynchronously.
    - Send GNL asynchronously. The command will ask FW to
      provide a list of FC Port entries FW knows about.
    - Send GPDB asynchronously. The command will ask FW to
      provide detail data of an FC Port FW knows about or
      perform ADISC to verify the state of the session.
    - Send GPNID asynchronously. The command will ask switch
      to provide WWPN for provided NPort ID.
    - Send GPSC asynchronously. The command will ask switch
      to provide registered port speed for provided WWPN.
    - Send GIDPN asynchronously. The command will ask the
      switch to provide Nport ID for provided WWPN.
    - In driver unload path, schedule all session for deletion
      and wait for deletion to complete before allowing driver
      unload to proceed.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarQuinn Tran <quinn.tran@cavium.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHimanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@cavium.com>
    [ bvanassche: fixed spelling in patch description ]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@sandisk.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNicholas Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>
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