Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI IBFT Support (v0.3)

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:50:10 -0500
Konrad Rzeszutek <konrad@darnok.org> wrote:

> > >
> > > sysfs files have ONE VALUE PER FILE, not a whole bunch of
> > > different things in a single file.  Please fix this.
> >
> > The subparameters _are_ actually part of a single value, that value
> > being associated with the initiator instance.
> >
> > Konrad is trying to implement a "work-alike" for what open firmware
> > does. open-iscsi already has the ability to extract the same format
> > bits from real OFW.
> >
> > See open-iscsi.git/utils/fwparam_ppc.
> 
> 
> Greg,
> 
> In light of what Doug says (which is all true), should I go ahead
> with a new version of this module which would export one value per
> file? The problem that will be encountered is that a ethernetX sysfs
> directory would have (for example):
> 
> /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..)


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