[openfabrics-ewg] open-iscsi update for OFED 1.2

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting r. Erez Zilber <erezz at voltaire.com>:
> Subject: open-iscsi update for OFED 1.2
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We would like to add an update for open-iscsi for OFED 1.2.
> 
> open-iscsi uses iSER as a transport (it also uses TCP and other
> transports). The interface between open-iscsi and its transports should
> not be broken. The problem is that while iSER is making progress, it
> still has to adjust itself to old open-iscsi versions (like open-iscsi
> in SLES 10) by applying backward patches on iSER. It means that progress
> and bug fixes that were made are not reflected in OFED.

I don't get it.
Other protocols seems to manage fine using updated code for new kernel and
backports for old kernel.  Why can't iSER made to work with whatever version of
open-scsi is installed?

> Therefore, we would like to do the following: if the user selects iSER
> when installing OFED, open-iscsi (userspace & kernel) will be updated if
> necessary (i.e. if the interface between open-iscsi and iSER from OFED
> doesn't match). No backward patches will be applied on iSER.
> 
> Thanks,

Problem is, people tend to do "install all".

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