Moving to the target-devel list where you might get more useful answers. On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 05:40:18PM +0200, Ferry wrote: > Hi there, > > first off - sorry to bug you guys, relative simple issue - > http://linux-iscsi.org/wiki/Support <- states to come here. > > Anyways, walking my first steps with LIO, moving away from IET and > running into an issue. > > Rather than have several MD devices created out of partitions, we > did the reverse. Added entire disks to MD and partitioned the MD > set, resulting in device like /dev/md4p1, /dev/md4p2, etc. > > Whilst these are block devices (afaik, seem to act that way > everywhere else), targetcli doesn't seem to recognize them. At least > not on the Ubuntu 12.04 server I'm trying it with, frequently giving > not so savvy errors: > > /backstores/fileio> create tt /dev/md4p1 > For fileio, you must either specify both a file and a size, or just > a device path. > > Can't create it, did specify a path (more accurate error would be nice) > > /backstores/fileio> create tt /dev/md4 > Generating a wwn serial. > Not using buffered mode. > Created fileio tt with size None. > Entering new node /backstores/fileio/tt > No such path /backstores/fileio/tt > > Creates it, but does give a no such path error, can cd into it and > get status just fine.... > > /backstores/fileio> ls > o- fileio ................................................... [1 > Storage Object] > o- tt ................................................. [/dev/md4 > deactivated] > /backstores/fileio> cd tt > /backstores/fileio/tt> ls > o- tt ................................................... [/dev/md4 > deactivated] > /backstores/fileio/tt> status > Status for /backstores/fileio/tt: /dev/md4 deactivated > /backstores/fileio/tt> cd .. > > /backstores/fileio> delete tt > Deleted storage object tt. > > Deletes fine. > > /backstores/fileio> cd ../iblock > /backstores/iblock> create tt /dev/md4p1 > Generating a wwn serial. > Device is not a TYPE_DISK block device. > > Same issue here as blockio. > > /backstores/iblock> create tt /dev/md4 > Generating a wwn serial. > Created iblock storage object tt using /dev/md4. > Entering new node /backstores/iblock/tt > No such path /backstores/iblock/tt > > Just like fileio creates it, but states no such path... Again can CD > into it and get status tho'. > > /backstores/iblock> cd tt > /backstores/iblock/tt> status > Status for /backstores/iblock/tt: /dev/md4 deactivated > /backstores/iblock/tt> cd .. > /backstores/iblock> delete tt > Deleted storage object tt. > > Thanks in advance :). > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ ---end quoted text--- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe target-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
