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@@ -1271,6 +1271,11 @@ of interest:
hostdata[0] - area reserved for LLD at end of struct Scsi_Host. Size
is set by the second argument (named 'xtr_bytes') to
scsi_host_alloc() or scsi_register().
+ vendor_id - a unique value that identifies the vendor supplying
+ the LLD for the Scsi_Host. Used most often in validating
+ vendor-specific message requests. Value consists of an
+ identifier type and a vendor-specific value.
+ See scsi_netlink.h for a description of valid formats.
The scsi_host structure is defined in include/scsi/scsi_host.h