Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support.

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To: Konrad Rzeszutek <konrad@...>

Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, <pjones@...>, <konradr@...>, <konradr@...>

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support.

Date: Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 1:06 pm

Konrad Rzeszutek wrote:
quoted text>>> +config ISCSI_IBFT
>>> +	tristate "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes"
>>> +	depends on X86
>> why only on X86?
> 
> PowerPC exports this data via the OpenFirmware so it already shows in 
> the /sysfs entries. I was thinking to combine those sysfs entries under this 
> code, but that is something in the future.
> 
> In regards to all other platforms, I figured I would only make it supported 
> under platforms that have been tested. Is there anything that stops this from 
> working for example of IA64? Well no. The hardware that supports the iBFT is 
> either in the BIOS or in NICs - so the SGI or HP boxes _should_ work, however 
> I am not comfortable to make it supported unless I've tested it.
> 

It should, presumably, depend on ACPI, rather than on X86...?

	-hpa

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[PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Konrad Rzeszutek, (Wed Sep 26, 2:46 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Randy Dunlap, (Wed Sep 26, 5:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Konrad Rzeszutek, (Wed Sep 26, 8:52 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., H. Peter Anvin, (Thu Sep 27, 1:06 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Peter Jones, (Thu Sep 27, 1:12 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., H. Peter Anvin, (Thu Sep 27, 1:18 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Peter Jones, (Thu Sep 27, 1:51 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Len Brown, (Thu Sep 27, 4:50 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Randy Dunlap, (Thu Sep 27, 12:29 am)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Randy Dunlap, (Wed Sep 26, 5:13 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Konrad Rzeszutek, (Wed Sep 26, 8:16 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Greg KH, (Wed Sep 26, 5:10 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Konrad Rzeszutek, (Wed Sep 26, 8:08 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., Greg KH, (Wed Sep 26, 10:04 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support., roel, (Wed Sep 26, 3:37 pm)


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