Greetings all, I am happy to announce the release of LIO-Target/ConfigFS for v2.6.27. http://linux-iscsi.org/index.php/LIO-Target/ConfigFS Using ConfigFS it is now possible to create generic storage objects from Linux/SCSI using struct scsi_device, Linux/BLOCK using struct block_device and Linux/VFS using struct file into a generic target infrastructure under /sys/kernel/config/target/core (target_core_mod). >From there, one can create ConfigFS symbolic links to destinations under /sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi/ (iscsi_target_mod). The idea is that any $FABRIC module can access the same storage objects under the generic target_core_mod configfs infrastracture. I have primarly been working on completing the configfs conversion for iscsi_target_mod, and as that work wraps up, I will next be focusing on target_core_mod and the generic kernel target infrastructure in Linux. This involves quite a few different things, merging existing in-tree STGT code into so it can use /sys/kernel/config/target/core, merging out of tree SCST code for multiple existing fabric modules and hardware target mode drivers, the Target API, etc. This work will definately take lots of time and effort, but the end result will be a complete target infrastructure under Linux that all manner of folks can use and take advantage of and to build upon. Thanks to the many folks you have made suggestions and comments in order to get packets across the network and blocks down to storage up as quickly as possible. It was only ~7 weeks ago that Ming Zhang made the recommendation to start using configfs, and now 6k new lines of code in target_core_config.[c,h] and iscsi_target_configfs.[c.h].. Wow.. As work continues on both fronts: making iscsi_target_mod upstream ready, and creating a generic target engine using configfs for iscsi_target_mod and *ALL* fabric modules, the Linux-iSCSI.org team invites anyone who is interested to start looking at the code. You can do this online at: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/nab/lio-core-2.6.git;a=tree;f=drivers/lio-core;hb=HEAD or checkout your own git tree and start posting patching to the LIO-Target devleopment list. Instructions for git clone can be found on: http://linux-iscsi.org/index.php/LIO-Target Please feel free to ask questions! --nab -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
