Messages in this thread | | | From | darnok@68k ... | Date | Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:36:21 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI IBFT Support (v0.3) |
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> > > > /sys/firmware/ibft/ethernet0/pci-bdf > > 5:1:0 > > shouldn't this somehow also have a symlink to the kernels ethX view of > ethernet devices? > (and if so.. how much of the info is duplicated..)
That NIC is used by the NIC firmware (or the BIOS) to negotiate the iSCSI target. The information that is in this directory is what the BIOS used (note past tense) which might very well be completly different from what Linux uses.
My rationale behind _not_ linking to ethX view was that it could be confusing and not entirely useful for users: "It says that _this_ NIC, with this IP, uses this iSCSI target. But Linux is using a completly different NIC (and IP) to setup a iSCSI connection to the same iSCSI target!?"
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