Re: Emulex target mode support

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Hello Alex,

Alex Leung wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,
> 
> On Wednesday, August 06, 2014 3:18 PM, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> > 
> > Hello Alex,
> > 
> > Alex Leung wrote:
> > > On Monday, August 04, 2014 3:08 PM, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> > > > Hello Nicholas,
> > > >
> > > > few years ago you had WIP code for lpfc TM / tcm_lpfc.
> > > > Any plans to resurrect it?
> > > >
> > > > Sebastian
> > >
> > > Hi Sebastian,
> > >
> > > If it's an option for you, our OneCore Storage SDK is available on
> > > the Emulex developer portal -- you'll need to sign up to get access.
> > > (http://my.emulex.com/products/onecore-storage-sdk/). Version
> > > 5.2 of the SDK should be available any day now. It contains an
> > > LIO/TCM driver in Tech Preview that has been tested with the 3.15
> > > kernel.
> > 
> > AFAIK the OCS SDK drivers are proprietary and only support SLI-4.
> > Unfortunately I got 8 GBit SLI-3 HBAs. Is it possible to upgrade those
> > from SLI-3 to SLI-4?
> > Does the new version change anything regarding licensing or SLI support?
> > 
> 
> You're correct on both. However, this will change to an MIT like 
> license in our next release (though still not GPL). Does that change 
> anything for you?

do you know whether this MIT like license will be GPL compatible?

> And I'm afraid you cannot upgrade an SLI-3 HBA 
> to SLI-4. 8G SLI-4 HBAs are available, however.

Are there any options for target mode with SLI-3 HBAs beside lpfc_scst?

> Regards,
> Alex

Sebastian
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