Re: [RFC-V2 PATCH 4/5] iscsi_transport: show network configuration in sysfs

[Mike Christie <michaelc-hcNo3dDEHLuVc3sceRu5cw@public.gmane.org>]

On 04/13/2011 09:48 AM, Vikas Chaudhary wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Christie [mailto:michaelc-hcNo3dDEHLuVc3sceRu5cw@public.gmane.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:11 AM
>> To: Vikas Chaudhary
>> Cc: James.Bottomley-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org; linux-scsi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org; open-
>> iscsi-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org; Lalit Chandivade; Ravi Anand;
>> Jayamohan.Kallickal-iH1Dq9VlAzfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
>> Subject: Re: [RFC-V2 PATCH 4/5] iscsi_transport: show network configuration
>> in sysfs
>>
>> On 04/12/2011 11:23 PM, Mike Christie wrote:
>>> Do we want to make the kernel iscsi iface more generic or maybe just
>>> rename it to reflect it is just based on net settings?
>>>
>>> The issue with making it more generic is that with the current drivers,
>>> we do not care what info like the initiatorname in the kernel code. That
>>> is all handled in userspace because all the session management is there,
>>> so there is no point in adding that complexity here.
>>
>> I take part of this back. We set the iscsi iface name and initiator name
>> on the session right now. We need that info for relogin type of
>> situations where iscsid might have died and we need to know the
>> initiatorname to use. We cannot read it from a disk, because that disk
>> might be the one are are relogging into.
>>
>> It might not hurt to make the kernel's iscsi ifaces abstraction more
>> general.
>
> Yes and also to reflect correct status of network settings it will be
> good to have iscsi_iface in the kernel. This is useful in a case where
> user set DHCP settings then we can reflect IP addresses and other
> settings in the kernel iface.
>

How come you did not export some values like the vlan in the iscsi iface?

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