[openib-general] FW: [PATCH fixed] [RFC] IB/srp: enable multiple connections to the same target

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Lakshmanan, Madhu <mlakshmanan at silverstorm.com>:
> Vendor specific notes:
> 
>     Hosts that are connected to Silverstorm SRP targets need to do
> either of the following steps after they are upgraded to the OFED 1.1
> release in order to continue to access their storage successfully:
> 
> 1. When issuing the "echo" command to add a new SRP target, the host
> must append the string ",initiator_ext=0000000000000001" to the original
> echo string. 
>     Example: 
> 
> 	If 'ibsrpdm -c' shows, and you want to connect to the first
> target:
> 
> 	
> id_ext=0000000000000001,ioc_guid=00066a0138000165,dgid=fe8000000000000
> 000066a0260000165,pkey=ffff,service_id=0000494353535250,io_class=ff00
> 	
> id_ext=0000000000000001,ioc_guid=00066a0238000165,dgid=fe8000000000000
> 000066a0260000165,pkey=ffff,service_id=0000494353535250,io_class=ff00
> 
> 	the echo command must be:
> 
> 	echo -n
> id_ext=0000000000000001,ioc_guid=00066a0138000165,dgid=fe8000000000000
> 000066a0260000165,pkey=ffff,service_id=0000494353535250,io_class=ff00,
> initiator_ext=0000000000000001
> 	> /sys/class/inifiniband_srp/srp-mthca0-1/add_target
> 
> OR
> 
> 2. Change the SRP map on the Silverstorm SRP target to set the expected
> initiator extension to 0. For details on how to change the SRP map on a
> Silverstorm SRP target, please refer to product documentation.
> 
> 

OK, thanks.

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MST