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Is this the same as the README in the srpt_inc branch? That is the document I based the Wiki on (with a few embellishments).<BR>
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On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 09:55 -0700, Vu Pham wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Added a new wiki page based on Vu Pham's readme and issues with recent </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> kernels. I hope to keep it current as I get our targets up and running.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Thanks for doing this.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Please use the latest readme from this link - </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://mellanox.com/pdf/products/software/Gen2_SRPT_README.txt">http://mellanox.com/pdf/products/software/Gen2_SRPT_README.txt</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> <A HREF="http://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=SRPT+Installation">http://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=SRPT+Installation</A> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> <<A HREF="https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=SRPT+Installation">https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=SRPT+Installation</A>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> WinIB initiators --> Gentoo Linux SRP Target.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I mainly test linux initiators with gen2 srp-target. I have </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">not tested win srp initiator with the target.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Anything wrong with the above approach, I would be interested in a best </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> practices if there is one. I saw a CentOS target post, is this more </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> stable or better performing?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">There is no difference when you run the same srp target / </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">scst codes in CentOS or RH/SuSe linux distributions. The </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">storage back-end will determine the performance</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-vu</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Thanks.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 09:55 -0700, Vu Pham wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> Stanley Sufficool wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > Compiling on kernel 2.6.21-rc6 from kernel.org Torvald's branch</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > Got the latest srpt from the git repository on OpenFabrics and had the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > following issues.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > ib_srpt.c Line 1997, missing second argument, should be? </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > sdev->scst_tgt = scst_register(tp, NULL);</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> Yes. You need the change if you test with top of scst svn </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> trunk (or from version 0.9.6-pre2)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> If you test with scst before 0.9.6-pre2 (ie. version <= </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> 0.9.6-pre1) you don't need the second argument for </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> scst_register()</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > SCST was built successfully after fixing an issue in scst_vdisk.c </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > (missing #include <linux/sched.h>)</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> I tested with 2.6.20.x - I have not tested with 2.6.21-rcXX </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> - you should send the patch to scst devel</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > Just thought this would be nice to have documented, took me half a day </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > to track down as a novice in C programming.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> there is *lean and mean* srpt's README in srpt_inc</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> SCST also has some document</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> You can add some wiki/notes for the problems in openfabrics </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> wiki page <A HREF="https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php">https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php</A></FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> -vu</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT>
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