iSCSI HBA needs to have a unique host id

Surekha.PC
2003-11-14T09:56:55Z

Hi all,

The host id for iSCSI HBA does not remain unique with 2.6 linux
kernel. It keeps changing when iSCSI host is added and removed
dynamically. This is a problem for persistent device naming for iSCSI
devices through host id.

It would be good to maintain a database of already allocated host id's
for the existing hosts. This would render the iSCSI HBA to get the same
controller id, irrespective of loading/unloading the driver repeatedly.

Would like to know if there is any provision in 2.6 to achieve the
above?

thanks,
surekha