> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 1:45 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] drivers: scsi: storvsc: Set srb_flags in all cases
> 
> On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 05:46:51PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > Correctly set SRB flags for all valid I/O directions. Some IHV drivers
> > on the Windows host require this.
> 
> What are IHV drivers?

If the target is a SAN device, the host simply passes the request over to the 
native driver stack on the host. Some specific hardware (IHV - independent 
hadware vendor) drivers on Windows require that SRB flags be correctly set in 
all cases.

Regards,

K. Y
> 
> 
> Otherwise looks fine,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
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