[s]sd-config-list version 2 and retry count tuning [PSARC/2007/505 FastTrack timeout 09/11/2007]

[Grant Zhang]

Gary Winiger 写道:
>> Problem
>> -------
>> There are two problems this fasttrack would like to address:
>> 1. Solaris 10 and above currently do not support tuning
>> [s]sd_retry_count. This has been a problem for customers who
>> are willing to migrate to S10 but still use these third
>> party multipathing software. 
>>     
>
> 	Do I understand correctly that this case proposes
> 	to replace /etc/system:[s]sd_retry_count with a proper
> 	interface?  (viz. [s]sd.conf ;-)
>
> Gary..
>   
Yes. In fact, /etc/system:[s]sd_retry_count no longer works in S10 and
above. IIRC, system-wide [s]sd_retry_count was dropped during the merge
of sd and ssd code. One objective of this case is to provide a mechansim
to tune retry count on per device basis(identified by VID/PID).

Grant