Re: [PATCH 04/13] qla4xxx: Do not add duplicate CHAP entry in FLASH

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On 10/03/2011 03:40 PM, Mike Christie wrote:
> On 10/03/2011 12:29 PM, vikas.chaudhary@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Lalit Chandivade <lalit.chandivade@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> QLogic applications store the CHAP information in FLASH. During login,
>> authentication information is provided using an index into the CHAP region.
>>
>> In order to support QLogic applications along with iscsiadm, updated the
>> LLD to not add duplicate CHAP entries in the CHAP region and preserve the
>> existing CHAP info in the CHAP region in FLASH.
>> This allows QLogic applications to pre-write the CHAP entries in the CHAP
>> region.
>>
>> With iscsiadm, when the CHAP authentication information is sent to the LLD, the
>> LLD searches for the entry in CHAP region in FLASH, if exists then do not add.
>> If CHAP entry does not exist then add the CHAP entry in the CHAP region.
>>
> 
> Does the qlogic app use the bsg flash commands to send down everything
> then or how does one app work differently and use the same driver for
> everything else?
> 

Or does the the qlogic app store the targets in flash too or just the
chap info?
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