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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support (v0.4.5)
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:04:51 EST, Konrad Rzeszutek wrote:
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_ibft);
> >
> > Is this x86-specific? Are suitable Kconfig dependencies in place?
>
> Originally I had it to be x86-specific but was told that I should make it all
> platforms since the IBFT is platform independent. Somebody can very well
> insert a NIC with IBFT on a IA64 machine or PPC.
>

I would beg to differ regarding the powerpc. On powerpc, the bios is
invisible and ignored. We have our own "special" way, via the device-tree
in procfs.

++doug



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