On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:44 +1000, Mark Harvey wrote: >> Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote: >> > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 21:41 +1000, Mark Harvey wrote: >> > >> >> I've also attached the patch as well as inline. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >From 07e7587991912d9225f2b273d140558048157b7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> >> From: Mark Harvey <markh794@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 17:06:51 +1000 >> >> Subject: Initial documentation for configuring passthrough mode >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Mark Harvey <markh794@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> --- >> >> doc/README.passthrough | 190 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> 1 files changed, 190 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> >> >> >> >> > >> > Mark, >> > >> > I just wanted to say thanks for putting these docs together for STGT >> > SG_IO passthrough. Good work! >> > >> > I did notice that they where missing a mention of the BSG passthrough, >> > which functions more or else exactly the same aside from --bstype=bsg >> > and of course a proper BSG path. Would you mind adding a small section >> > to your docs for this too..? >> > >> > Best, >> > >> > --nab >> > >> Thanks for the feedback. >> >> I'll make the changes. >> >> Do you / can you advise on the requirement to get 'bsg' working ? >> >> I'm running Ubuntu x86_64 (2.6.31-22-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP) kernel - >> Hopefully that's late enough for bsg. >> $ ls -l /dev/bsg* >> ls: cannot access /dev/bsg*: No such file or directory >> > > Hmmm strange.. Checking on Fedora 11 (v2.6.30), RHEL6 B1 (v2.6.32), > OpenSuse 11.2 (v2.6.31), SLES 11 (v2.6.27), and Debian Lenny VMs > (v2.6.35 from lio-core-2.6.git/lio-4.0), and I do see the > proper /dev/bsg/H:C:T:L device nodes matching the available struct > scsi_device. > > However, I do recall one seing the BSG H:C:T:L device nodes appear > in /dev/ instead of /dev/bsg/ before. I don't recall on which > environment this was, but I think it may have been some version of > Ubuntu..? > > Just to double check on your system, a 'cat /proc/kallsyms | grep bsg' > produces symbols for the kernel built-in BSG kernel code, yes..? > > Best, > > --nab Many thanks for the pointers.. Found an SLES-11 VM with bsg.. I'll update the doc now I've got something to test. Also allow me to put in 'how to identify if your OS has bsg configured' :) Next Q. if I may. Do you / can anybody on this list offer a short (one liner?) summary of advantages of bsg over sg ? I'll now hit google with the Q too.. Cheers Mark -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stgt" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
