Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:06:11 -0800 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI IBFT Support (v0.3) |
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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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