http://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi/msg/dd660ab6b0def64f?&q=cxgb3i%3A+cxgb3+iSCSI+initiator+boaz Karen Xie wrote: > Hi, Boaz, > > Sorry, I must have missed your bidi comment. I tried to search the archive but does not seem to be able to find anything. Do you mind forward me the email if you still have it? > > Sorry for the inconvenience. > Thanks, > Karen > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: iscsi update for 2.6.29 > Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:10:49 +0200 > From: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxx > CC: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > References: <1228199536-12595-1-git-send-email-michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> This patchset is for 2.6.29. This should be the final patches >> to prepare the iscsi layer for cxgb3i, which looks like it >> has gone through the netdev review and will be sent here next >> shortly. >> >> This patchset was made over scsi-misc, and the fix here. >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=122815519326207&w=2 >> (the fix in that email does not conflict with this patchset >> and can be applied over or before these patches). >> >> cxgb3i adds a new offload model. Where qla4xxx offloaded pretty >> much everything, and bnx2i offloaded the iscsi sequence processing >> (give it the iscsi scsi command pdu and the offload engine will >> handle everything between), cxgb3i offloads operations like >> digest, padding, and data transfers. It relies on the iscsi layer >> for the sequence state machine, so this patchset is basically >> just breaking up iscsi_tcp into a lib layer so cxgb3i can share >> the code. >> > > OK I tested that lot finally, and it's good. I'm able to bang > bidi commands on it and it seems to works. exofs (was osdfs) mounts > and works as before. I'll let it run through the night and see if > it holds. (It should) > > So the generic layer of this patchset is tested. > > I have sent comments about bidi mistakes made in the cxgb3i side > of this patchset but never got a response and it seems they have not > been fixed. But I might have missed the fixes. is the cxgb3i branch on > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mnc/linux-2.6-iscsi.git > the latest iteration of these patches? I'll have another look if you want? > > If you want I can help you set up a SW only OSD setup, to test if cxgb3i > is bidi clean. What about the other accel cards? > > One more test that I never did is OSD (bidi) commands with header+data > digest enabled. Now with OSC's OSD target over TOMO's stgt I should be > able to test that. IBM's target did not support it because OSD has its > own digest stuff. TOMO's stgt does supports header+data digest right? > I should run these tests later this week. Just to make sure the digest > stuff is bidi safe. I'm sure it is but just that I never tested it. > > Thanks > Boaz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
