[ewg] RE: iSER issues for OFED 1.3

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erez Zilber [mailto:erezz at Voltaire.COM]
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 5:29 PM
> To: Vladimir Sokolovsky
> Subject: Re: iSER issues for OFED 1.3
> 
> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Erez Zilber [mailto:erezz at Voltaire.COM]
> >> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 1:19 PM
> >> To: Vladimir Sokolovsky
> >> Subject: iSER issues for OFED 1.3
> >>
> >> Vlad,
> >>
> >> The are some iSER related open issues in OFED 1.3 that we need to
> >> complete:
> >>
> >>     * I have some fixes that I need you to merge:
> >>       http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/ewg/2007-
> >> October/004638.html
> >>
> >
> > Working on this now.
> >
> 
> Thanks
>

kernel_patches/backport/2.6.9_U2/libiscsi_no_flush_to_2_6_9.patch is
broken:

Applying patch libiscsi_no_flush_to_2_6_9.patch
patching file drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1225.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 1640 (offset 32 lines).
Hunk #3 FAILED at 1784.
2 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- rejects in file drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
Patch libiscsi_no_flush_to_2_6_9.patch does not apply (enforce with -f)

Please test your patches with ofed_scripts/ofed_makedist.sh
 
> >
> >>     * I sent you an e-mail yesterday (for some reason, I don't see
> it
> >> on
> >>       the ewg list) about separating iscsi modules from the
> ofa_kernel
> >> rpm.
> >>
> >
> > I suggest to take ib-bonding as an example
> >
> 
> I spoke with MoniS about that. He says that no IB module uses the
> bonding module symbols. This is different from what we have in iSER:
> iSER uses symbols from open-iscsi. If the open-iscsi rpm looks like
the
> bonding rpm, it won't work because iSER will be later get built (in
the
> ofa_kernel rpm) against the old open-iscsi symbols (from the distro).
> What do you suggest to do?
> 

You can create Module.symvers file for the new open-iscsi symbols and
then copy this file into iSER subdirectory before compiling iSER.

Regards,
Vladimir