Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:54:07 +0530 | From | Rakesh Ranjan <> | Subject | Re: [RFC-PATCH] dhcp provisioning support in cxgb3i |
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Mike Christie wrote: > Rakesh Ranjan wrote: >> Mike Christie wrote: >>> Rakesh Ranjan wrote: >>>> Hi Mike, >>>> >>>> Herein attached patches for having dhcp provisioning support in >>>> cxgb3i. I have added one new iscsi netlink message >>>> ISCSI_UEVENT_REQ_IPCONF. >>> >>> Is the idea to have iscsid/uip send down this msg? >>> >>> Was it not possible to hook in more like how bnx2i does dhcp? >> >> yep, idea is to have iscsid send down ISCSI_UEVENT_REQ_IPCONF msg. >> bnx2i approach in our case for at least T3 is not feasible. >> > > I think adding DHCP in the kernel is getting a little crazy :) If we go > down this path, I agree with the other person that stated it should at > least be generic.
Hi Mike,
What do you mean be generic ? Do you want to have a generic interface for DHCP handler that could be part of libiscsi and could be used by other LLD's.
Regards Rakesh Ranjan
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