I know that the driver in the kernel.org tree supports the fc_transport, at least the part relative to the discussion below (I made the mods). I can't speak for their other driver sets. -- james > -----Original Message----- > From: dm-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:dm-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of Caushik, Ramesh > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 4:55 PM > To: device-mapper development > Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > linux-hotplug-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [dm-devel] [ANNOUNCE] multipath-tools-0.4.1 > > > The newer Qlogic (qla2xxx) driver for kernel versions 2.6.9 > and later do not support the fc_transport class. The support > is #ifdefed for kernels > 2.6.6 & < 2.6.9. So I will have to > wait till they support this for newer kernels. Meanwhile I > can work with a patched version of multipath tools. Thanks > for feedback. > > Ramesh. > > -----Original Message----- > From: dm-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:dm-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of christophe varoqui > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:31 PM > To: device-mapper development > Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > linux-hotplug-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [dm-devel] [ANNOUNCE] multipath-tools-0.4.1 > > James, thank you for the clarification (and I didn't mean to string > anyone :). > > Ramesh, I don't feel like going through the hassle of supporting > multiple synthax until the multipath target has made its way into the > standard kernel, so I'll keep guessing the node_name in > behing /sys/class/fc_transport/target<host>:<channel>:<target> or skip > the node_name fetch. > > ok with you ? > > regards, > cvaroqui > > Le mercredi 22 d?embre 2004 à 16:05 -0500, James.Smart@xxxxxxxxxx a > écrit : > > Qlogic shouldn't be strung out. It wasn't them.... > > > > As part of a change that went into the FC transport - the > device reported under this directory was moved from the LUN > device to the Target device - thus the change in name format > (it killed replication of target data that was being done for > all luns). The attributes underneath remain the same. I > believe this change occurred in the first rc1 patch to 2.6.9. > > > > As to the grand plan - you should be fine if you : > > pre-2.6.10: it's the older name format > "/sys/class/fc_transport/<host>:<channel>:<target>:<lun>" > > 2.6.10 and later : it's the new format > "/sys/class/fc_transport/target<host>:<channel>:<target>" > > > > and the folks running a patched 2.6.9 have to live by the > new format. > > > > -- > > > -- > dm-devel mailing list > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > > -- > dm-devel mailing list > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
