Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Dec 2007 20:39:25 -0400 | From | Konrad Rzeszutek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI IBFT Support (v0.3) |
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 11:36:21AM -0400, darnok@68k.org wrote: > > > > > > /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!?"
On the other hand having a link to the device and being able to extra data sounds good too. I've made a modification and posted a new version, under the 'REPORT [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT v0.4'.
Review would be much appreciated.
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