From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jayamohan Kallickal Subject: be2iscsi driver Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 09:36:25 +0530 Message-ID: <20090902040615.GA18420@serverengines.com> Reply-To: Jayamohan Kalickal Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from segment-124-30.sify.net ([124.30.166.146]:33108 "EHLO akhaparde.serverengines.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750767AbZIBEGT (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:06:19 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Hi Thanks to Eike and Mike Christie for the reviews. This patch takes care of the many issues raised. I request you to pl consider this for inclusion in the Linux Kernel. This patch supports blk-iopoll and is pulled from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block.git blk-iopoll The ServerEngines be2iscsi driver works in Full Hardware Offload mode utilizing the hooks provided by open-iscsi layer. The series of patches are described below: [PATCH 1/8]: The completion of IO's is done using a different path [PATCH 2/8]: Adding checks for iscsi_queuecommand/xmit_task to handle Tx Suspended state. [PATCH 3/8]: Modified scsi Layer and be2iscsi Makefile/Kconfig to add be2iscsi [PATCH 4/8]: This file contains all routines for Initiallization/Teardown, registering with upper layer, IO Handling, allocation/free etc. [PATCH 5/8]: These are the low level routines to talk to the chip for Management commands. [PATCH 6/8]: The iscsi hooks to interact with open-iscsi layer. [PATCH 7/8]: The Firmware Commands that are used for Management action like setup /tear down a connection etc. [PATCH 8/8]: The modified MAINTAINERS file with be2iscsi added. Thank You Jayamohan Kallickal Signed-off-by: Jayamohan Kallickal ---