vmw_pvscsi: SCSI driver for VMware's virtual HBA.

commit 851b164 upstream. This is a driver for VMware's paravirtualized SCSI device, which should improve disk performance for guests running under control of VMware hypervisors that support such devices. Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <[email protected]>
blinkosm · Apr 1, 2011 · 2320178 · 2320178
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diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5754,6 +5754,14 @@ L:	[email protected]
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/net/vmxnet3/
 
+VMware PVSCSI driver
+M:	Alok Kataria <[email protected]>
+M:	VMware PV-Drivers <[email protected]>
+L:	[email protected]
+S:	Maintained
+F:	drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
+F:	drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
+
 VOLTAGE AND CURRENT REGULATOR FRAMEWORK
 M:	Liam Girdwood <[email protected]>
 M:	Mark Brown <[email protected]>

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -633,6 +633,14 @@ config SCSI_FLASHPOINT
 	  substantial, so users of MultiMaster Host Adapters may not
 	  wish to include it.
 
+config VMWARE_PVSCSI
+	tristate "VMware PVSCSI driver support"
+	depends on PCI && SCSI && X86
+	help
+	  This driver supports VMware's para virtualized SCSI HBA.
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+	  module will be called vmw_pvscsi.
+
 config LIBFC
 	tristate "LibFC module"
 	select SCSI_FC_ATTRS

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Makefile b/drivers/scsi/Makefile
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SCSI_CXGB3_ISCSI)	+= libiscsi.o libiscsi_tcp.o cxgb3i/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SCSI_BNX2_ISCSI)	+= libiscsi.o bnx2i/
 obj-$(CONFIG_BE2ISCSI)		+= libiscsi.o be2iscsi/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SCSI_PMCRAID)	+= pmcraid.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VMWARE_PVSCSI)	+= vmw_pvscsi.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM)		+= arm/