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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0000/0046] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup
    On Sat, Aug 27, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:

    > 2) Handle all block devices using the storvsc driver. I have modified
    > the implementation here based on Christoph's feedback on my earlier
    > implementation.

    The upgrade path from hv_blkvsc to hv_storvsc is difficult.

    hv_storvsc does not provide the vmbus:hv_block modalias, so mkinitrd
    does not know what module to choose when mkinitrd is called in a
    previous kernel (like sles11sp1).


    In a guest with both SCSI and IDE controllers the IDE disks are
    discovered first, so the SCSI drives will also change their names.
    Thats not a problem for data partitions because they could be mounted by
    UUID or LABEL in fstab.
    But its difficult to adjust /boot/grub/device.map for example because
    the old IDE drives do not provide an identifier. What is the best way
    to make sure the rename from hd* to sd* in such config files is done
    correctly? Is it safe to assume that all drives with a class_id of
    32412632-86cb-44a2-9b5c50d1417354f5 are connected to IDE ports?

    localhost:~ # head /sys/bus/vmbus/devices/vmbus_0_{1,2,3,10,11}/class_id
    ==> /sys/bus/vmbus/devices/vmbus_0_1/class_id <==
    {32412632-86cb-44a2-9b5c50d1417354f5}

    ==> /sys/bus/vmbus/devices/vmbus_0_2/class_id <==
    {32412632-86cb-44a2-9b5c50d1417354f5}

    ==> /sys/bus/vmbus/devices/vmbus_0_3/class_id <==
    {32412632-86cb-44a2-9b5c50d1417354f5}

    ==> /sys/bus/vmbus/devices/vmbus_0_10/class_id <==
    {ba6163d9-04a1-4d29-b60572e2ffb1dc7f}

    ==> /sys/bus/vmbus/devices/vmbus_0_11/class_id <==
    {ba6163d9-04a1-4d29-b60572e2ffb1dc7f}


    In my test system, the IDE drives are now discovered twice, once by
    hv_storvsc and once by libata:

    localhost:~ # lsscsi
    [0:0:0:0] disk Msft Virtual Disk 1.0 /dev/sda
    [1:0:1:0] disk Msft Virtual Disk 1.0 /dev/sdb
    [2:0:1:0] disk Msft Virtual Disk 1.0 /dev/sdc
    [3:0:0:0] disk Msft Virtual Disk 1.0 /dev/sdd
    [3:0:0:1] disk Msft Virtual Disk 1.0 /dev/sde
    [4:0:0:0] disk Msft Virtual Disk 1.0 /dev/sdf
    [4:0:0:1] disk Msft Virtual Disk 1.0 /dev/sdg
    [5:0:0:0] disk ATA Virtual HD 1.1. /dev/sdh
    [5:0:1:0] disk ATA Virtual HD 1.1. /dev/sdi
    [6:0:0:0] cd/dvd Msft Virtual CD/ROM 1.0 /dev/sr0
    [6:0:1:0] disk ATA Virtual HD 1.1. /dev/sdj
    localhost:~ # blkid
    /dev/sda1: UUID="47aebbfb-13ee-49cc-b1e7-bc0c243fe3c0" TYPE="swap"
    /dev/sda2: UUID="ed5a182b-da28-42f2-acff-5649a8fae247" TYPE="ext3"
    /dev/sdh1: UUID="47aebbfb-13ee-49cc-b1e7-bc0c243fe3c0" TYPE="swap"
    /dev/sdh2: UUID="ed5a182b-da28-42f2-acff-5649a8fae247" TYPE="ext3"

    sda/sdh was hda.

    Olaf


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