From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Clay Haapala Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:38:12 +0000 Subject: Re: udev does not create scsi disk entries during bootup Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Greg KH uttered the following: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:06:03PM +0530, Surekha.PC wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Request your attention for the problem I am facing. This issue is >> urgent for our iSCSI driver inclusion to 2.6 kernel. > > Getting udev to work for your devices has nothing to do with getting > your iscsi driver to be included in the main 2.6 kernel. Why do you > say that? > > thanks, > In the effort to get this iSCSI driver included into the 2.6 kernel, we are making a number of changes in response to comments from the SCSI maintainers. Many of these comments are regarding work-arounds or designs currently in our [2.2/2.4-derived] driver that should be removed or redesigned in favor of features now available in 2.6. Udev is one of those features. iSCSI is a weird beast that allows SCSI commands to be sent over a TCP network to a target device (usually fibrechannel-attached disk or tape). During normal operation, there is the opportunity for hotplug events based on network access, etc. Trying to boot from an iSCSI disk is another, perhaps more complex, set of issues. We are trying our best to understand new things such as udev as fast as we can to make best use of them. That we are putting time pressure on ourselves for 2.6 inclusion is not your or the community's problem, of course. We do appreciate the help that all of you provide. I hope this information has helped to answer your question. Regards, -- Clay Haapala (chaapala@cisco.com) Cisco Systems SRBU +1 763-398-1056 6450 Wedgwood Rd, Suite 130 Maple Grove MN 55311 PGP: C89240AD Well, looks like hypocrisy is back on the airwaves. C'mon, Rush! Do the crime, do the time, right? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel