[ewg] Moving responsibility for iSER iSCSI related issues

2008-05-11 Thread Erez Zilber
Hi, After ~4 years of working on iSER iSCSI, I'm moving on and will be involved from a different perspective. Therefore, I will be unable to continue my current maintainership responsibility for iSER related issues. I want to thank everyone for the great work that I had the chance to be part

[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] [PATCH 1/1] RPM Spec files

2008-04-27 Thread Erez Zilber
Mike Heinz wrote: Installation of OFED 1.3.0.0.4 onto a Kusu/OCS cluster does not fully succeed because of some missing dependencies in the RPM spec files. This is because Kusu installs nodes over a network by presenting a pool of RPMs to be installed and letting RPM figure out the order to

Re: [ewg] [PATCH 2/2] IB/iser: Ask the user to stop open-iscsi before stopping openibd on RH4

2008-04-21 Thread Erez Zilber
Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: In RedHat 4, some OFED kernel modules (including open-iscsi modules) use symbols that are encapsulated in ib_core (e.g. kfifo). ib_core may not be unloaded before open-iscsi is unloaded. Therefore, disconnecting from open-iscsi over iSER

Re: [ewg] Re: [ofa-general] resolve conflict between OFED 1.3 and 2.6.18 with ISCSI

2008-04-15 Thread Erez Zilber
BTW - I don't mind if other people add the required code to OFED 1.4 for qla4xxx support. ~sigh~ Yeah. I wonder how many (if any) of our userbase we are going to upset if we cease providing the qla4xxx driver in our kernels. On the other hand, I wonder how many we'd

[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] resolve conflict between OFED 1.3 and 2.6.18 with ISCSI

2008-04-14 Thread Erez Zilber
Brian J. Murrell wrote: I have run into a conflict trying to build a matching kernel and kernel-ib pair for OFED 1.3 and RHEL5's 2.6.18 kernel (although I suspect this will apply to generally any kernel of the same vintage). General comment - in the future, I suggest that you send OFED

[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] resolve conflict between OFED 1.3 and 2.6.18 with ISCSI

2008-04-14 Thread Erez Zilber
Is qla4xxx the only problem that you have with open-iscsi in OFED? Looking through the kernel Kconfig files, it does appear that SCSI_QLA_ISCSI is the only driver needing SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS that isn't in the OFED 1.3 release. I'm not sure if there's a real demand for this transport

[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] resolve conflict between OFED 1.3 and 2.6.18 with ISCSI

2008-04-14 Thread Erez Zilber
Brian J. Murrell wrote: On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 16:50 +0300, Erez Zilber wrote: I'm not sure if there's a real demand for this transport for OFED users, is there? Maybe I'm not seeing the bigger picture but it seems pretty orthogonal to me. Does using OFED 1.3 preclude using

[ewg] [PATCH 0/2] IB/iser: Do not stop openibd while modules are used by open-iscsi

2008-04-10 Thread Erez Zilber
The following series of patches fixes a bug that occurs when a user tries to stop openibd while open-iscsi is running and there are active iSER sessions. ___ ewg mailing list ewg@lists.openfabrics.org

[ewg] Re: Removing the transport module before iscsid

2008-04-09 Thread Erez Zilber
Mike Christie wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: Mike Christie wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: Mike, We're trying to solve a problem, but first the motivation: a user may want to stop the InfiniBand modules (/etc/init.d/openibd stop) while open-iscsi is running. In order to do

[ewg] [PATCH]: Set open-iscsi for auto-startup when installing OFED

2008-04-06 Thread Erez Zilber
Vlad, Please pull from git://git.openfabrics.org/~erezz/ofed_1_3_scripts.git. We would like to include this patch in OFED 1.3.1. Thanks, -- Erez Zilber | 972-9-971-7689 Software Engineer, Storage Solutions Voltaire – _The Grid

Re: [ewg] Re: cannot install SCST with SRP support

2008-03-09 Thread Erez Zilber
Vu, We were able to build and run SCST on SLES 10. Now, when I try to build it for 2.6.24, I get errors: onion:/home/erezz/work/tmp/scst-srpt/scst # patch -p0 ../srpt_inc/scst_r245.patch patching file include/scsi_tgt.h patching file src/scst_targ.c onion:/home/erezz/work/tmp/scst-srpt/scst #

[ewg] Re: [Stgt-devel] [ANNOUNCE] open iSCSI over iSER target RPM is available

2008-02-10 Thread Erez Zilber
Bart Van Assche wrote: On Feb 5, 2008 3:41 PM, Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: stgt (SCSI target) is an open-source framework for storage target drivers. It supports iSCSI over iSER among other storage target drivers. Voltaire added a git tree for stgt that will be added to OFED 1.4

Re: [Stgt-devel] [ewg] Re: [ofa-general] [ANNOUNCE] open iSCSI over iSER target RPMis available

2008-02-10 Thread Erez Zilber
Joe Landman wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: * READ: 920 MB/sec * WRITE: 850 MB/sec Not getting anything even remotely close to this. Are there more details on configuration somewhere? I followed the web page as indicated. Are you running iSCSI over TCP or iSCSI over iSER (over

Re: [ewg] OFED 1.3 RC4 release is available

2008-02-10 Thread Erez Zilber
Moni Shoua wrote: Tziporet Koren wrote: Hi, OFED 1.3 RC3 release is available on http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.3/release/OFED-1.3-rc4.tgz http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.3/release/OFED-1.3-rc3.tgz To get BUILD_ID run ofed_info Please report any issues in bugzilla

Re: [ewg] Re: [ofa-general] [ANNOUNCE] open iSCSI over iSER target RPMis available

2008-02-07 Thread Erez Zilber
* READ: 920 MB/sec * WRITE: 850 MB/sec Not getting anything even remotely close to this. Are there more details on configuration somewhere? I followed the web page as indicated. Are you running iSCSI over TCP or iSCSI over iSER (over InfiniBand)? Our results are with iSER.

[ewg] [ANNOUNCE] open iSCSI over iSER target RPM is available

2008-02-05 Thread Erez Zilber
MB/sec We hope to have DDR measurements numbers soon. -- Erez Zilber | 972-9-971-7689 Software Engineer, Storage Solutions Voltaire – _The Grid Backbone_ www.voltaire.com http://www.voltaire.com

[ewg] [PATCH] IB/iser: Add iSER fix that will be merged into 2.6.25

2008-01-20 Thread Erez Zilber
This fix adds a printk before initiating a BUG() when receiving an unhandled RDMA-CM event. Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ...nformation_about_unhandled_RDMA_CM_events.patch | 33 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644

Re: [ewg] separating open-iscsi packages

2007-12-25 Thread Erez Zilber
Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: Vlad, We would like to separate the open-iscsi userspace package into 2 packages: one for RH4 (open-iscsi-rh4.git) and another one for SLES 10 RHEL5 (open-iscsi.git). This will help us

Re: [ewg] separating open-iscsi packages

2007-12-25 Thread Erez Zilber
Vlad, Please pull the following: git://git.openfabrics.org/~erezz/ofabuild.git ofed_1_3 git://git.openfabrics.org/~erezz/ofed_1_3_scripts.git master git://git.openfabrics.org/~erezz/linux-2.6-RHAS4-fix.git ofed_kernel I'm still pushing ~erezz/linux-2.6-RHAS4-fix.git, so it may take a few

Re: [ewg] New features for OFED 1.4

2007-12-24 Thread Erez Zilber
Tziporet Koren wrote: I wish to collect requirements for new features for OFED 1.4 Please reply with any request you have (features of existing modules, new modules etc.) Thanks, Tziporet Tziporet, Voltaire will add support for stgt (SCSI target). It includes support for iSCSI over

Re: [ewg] separating open-iscsi packages

2007-12-24 Thread Erez Zilber
Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: Vlad, We would like to separate the open-iscsi userspace package into 2 packages: one for RH4 (open-iscsi-rh4.git) and another one for SLES 10 RHEL5 (open-iscsi.git). This will help us solving bug #804. Can you add this support

Re: [ewg] Re: Merging ofed_kernel with 2.6.24-rc5

2007-12-17 Thread Erez Zilber
Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: Please pull from git://git.openfabrics.org/~erezz/ ofed_kernel_test.git ofed_kernel It still fails (but not in open-iscsi/iSER patches): /tmp/build-ofed_kernel-NNC630/ofed_kernel-2.6.11/kernel_patches/fixes

[ewg] Re: Merging ofed_kernel with 2.6.24-rc5

2007-12-16 Thread Erez Zilber
Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: Hi Erez, I am trying to merge 2.6.24-rc5 into ofed_kernel git tree. The following patch: iscsi-sync-kernel-code-with-release-2.0-865.15.patch is broken after the merge. To reproduce: clone ~vlad/ofed_kernel_test.git ofatest I don't see the ofatest branch on

[ewg] [PATCH] IB/iser: update open-iscsi kernel code to release 2.0-865.15

2007-12-13 Thread Erez Zilber
Vlad, I've updated open-iscsi kernel code to release 2.0-865.15. Please pull from git://git.openfabrics.org/~erezz/linux-2.6.git ofed_kernel Thanks, Erez ___ ewg mailing list ewg@lists.openfabrics.org

[ewg] Why do we need RHAS4 up2 up3 on kernel_addons?

2007-12-10 Thread Erez Zilber
Vlad, I saw that you removed RHAS4 up2 up3 from kernel backports. I think that you can also delete them from kernel addons. Erez ___ ewg mailing list ewg@lists.openfabrics.org http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ewg

[ewg] [PATCH] IB/iser: renamed backport patches deleted unnecessary patches

2007-12-10 Thread Erez Zilber
Vlad, I renamed some of the iSCSI/iSER backport patches and deleted some unnecessary patches. Please pull from git://git.openfabrics.org/~erezz/linux-2.6.git ofed_kernel Thanks, Erez ___ ewg mailing list ewg@lists.openfabrics.org

[ewg] Re: [Fwd: [ofa-general] ofa_1_3_kernel 20071118-0200 daily build status]

2007-11-19 Thread Erez Zilber
Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: Hi Erez, Are you going to prepare backport patches for ISER? Regards, Vladimir Vlad, Please pull from git.openfabrics.org/~erezz/linux-2.6.git (I'm currently pushing it) It should fix the compilation problems in open-iscsi iSER. Erez

Re: [ewg] Re: ofed_kernel merged with 2.6.24-rc1 patches update required

2007-11-06 Thread Erez Zilber
Tziporet Koren wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: Vlad, I'm trying to run ofed_makedist.sh according to the instructions from https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=HOWTO+Build+OFA+kernel+package: [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6]# ./ofed_scripts/ofed_makedist.sh git clone -q -s -n /home

Re: [ewg] Re: ofed_kernel merged with 2.6.24-rc1 patches update required

2007-11-06 Thread Erez Zilber
that fix this issue. I will apply it shortly. Regards, Vladimir -Original Message- From: Erez Zilber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:21 AM To: Vladimir Sokolovsky Cc: OpenFabricsEWG Subject: Re: [ewg] Re: ofed_kernel merged with 2.6.24-rc1 patches update

Re: [ewg] Re: ofed_kernel merged with 2.6.24-rc1 patches update required

2007-11-06 Thread Erez Zilber
open-iscsi iSER backport patches work ok for the following distros: * SLES 10 * SLES 10 sp1 * RHEL 5 * RHEL 5 up1 * RHAS4 up4 * RHAS4 up5 I wasn't able to test open-iscsi over iSER for the following distros (because other patches fail): * RHAS4 up3 - could not apply

Re: [ewg] Re: ofed_kernel merged with 2.6.24-rc1 patches update required

2007-11-06 Thread Erez Zilber
Tziporet Koren wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: I wasn't able to test open-iscsi over iSER for the following distros (because other patches fail): * RHAS4 up3 - could not apply 2.6.9_U3/core_4807_to_2_6_9.patch * SLES 9 sp3 - could not apply 2.6.5_sles9_sp3/core_4807_to_2_6_9

[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] iSER for stgt - wiki page

2007-10-28 Thread Erez Zilber
Sufficool, Stanley wrote: Does anyone know a source for Windows initiators for iSER? Currently, there's no open-source iSER initiator for Windows. However, we (Voltaire) are working on it. -- Erez Zilber | 972-9-971-7689

[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] OFED October 22 meeting summary on OFED 1.3 alphastatus and beta tasks

2007-10-23 Thread Erez Zilber
Tziporet Koren wrote: OFED October 8 meeting summary on OFED 1.3 alpha status and beta tasks: Meeting summary: 1. Alpha release status: * Cisco - tested only RHEL 4 5 on x86_64 systems * Qlogic - in general looks good * Intel - test Intel MPI on 16 nodes cluster on RHEL 5.1 *

Re: [ewg] Re: iSER issues for OFED 1.3

2007-10-10 Thread Erez Zilber
Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: -Original Message- From: Erez Zilber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 5:29 PM To: Vladimir Sokolovsky Subject: Re: iSER issues for OFED 1.3 -Original Message

Re: [ewg] Re: ofed 1.3 kernel tree updated to 2.6.23-rc8

2007-10-02 Thread Erez Zilber
Erez Zilber wrote: Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: Hello! I have updated the OFED 1.3 kernel tree at git://git.openfabrics.org/ofed_1_3/linux-2.6.git ofed_kernel to upstream 2.6.23-rc8. I have resolved minor conflicts in libiscsi backports for RHEL4, and everything seems to build fine now

[ewg] Re: ofed 1.3 kernel tree updated to 2.6.23-rc8

2007-10-01 Thread Erez Zilber
Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: Hello! I have updated the OFED 1.3 kernel tree at git://git.openfabrics.org/ofed_1_3/linux-2.6.git ofed_kernel to upstream 2.6.23-rc8. I have resolved minor conflicts in libiscsi backports for RHEL4, and everything seems to build fine now. iSER maintainers, please

Re: [ewg] Re: [PATCH 0/2] IB/iser: iSCSI iSER fixes for RH4 in OFED 1.3

2007-09-19 Thread Erez Zilber
Erez Zilber wrote: What about kernel_patches/backport/2.6.9_U5/iser_cmd_to_2_6_22.patch given the name, isn't it needed in other kernels up to 2.6.22 too? You're right. I've just fixed that in the git tree. I hope it's ok now. Erez Michael

[ewg] Re: [PATCH 0/2] IB/iser: iSCSI iSER fixes for RH4 in OFED 1.3

2007-09-16 Thread Erez Zilber
What about kernel_patches/backport/2.6.9_U5/iser_cmd_to_2_6_22.patch given the name, isn't it needed in other kernels up to 2.6.22 too? You're right. I've just fixed that in the git tree. I hope it's ok now. Erez ___ ewg mailing list

[ewg] [PATCH 1/2] IB/iser: add iscsi session workqueue for old kernels

2007-09-11 Thread Erez Zilber
The scsi workqueue does not exist in old kernels (e.g RH4). For such kernels, a session should have its own queue. Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- .../backport/2.6.9_U3/add_iscsi_session_wq.patch | 135 .../2.6.9_U3/libiscsi_no_flush_to_2_6_9.patch

[ewg] RE: [PATCH 0/2] IB/iser: iSCSI iSER fixes for RH4 in OFED 1.3

2007-09-11 Thread Erez Zilber
Quoting Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Subject: [PATCH 0/2] IB/iser: iSCSI iSER fixes for RH4 in OFED 1.3 The following patches fix bugs in open-iscsi over iSER for the RH4 backport in OFED 1.3. can you pls stick this in a git tree so I can pull? No problem. I thought that you can take

Re: [ewg] open-iscsi-generic should not be in ofed.conf

2007-09-02 Thread Erez Zilber
Erez Zilber wrote: Vlad, I saw that an entry called open-iscsi-generic was added to ofed.conf for OFED 1.3. Why? It wasn't there in OFED 1.2. If the user selects to install iSER, open-iscsi should be also installed. I don't see a situation where you want to install open-iscsi (as part of OFED

[ewg] [PATCH] add upgrade section to OFED Installation Guide

2007-08-29 Thread Erez Zilber
runs an old OFED version, and upgrades to a new version, the old version is still loaded even after upgrading. We should warn the user about that. Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- OFED_Installation_Guide.txt | 17 + 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions

[ewg] [PATCH] stop OFED before uninstalling it

2007-08-27 Thread Erez Zilber
stop OFED before uninstalling it Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- uninstall.sh |5 + 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh index 177b8a1..89ee3f1 100755 --- a/uninstall.sh +++ b/uninstall.sh @@ -110,6 +110,11

Re: [ewg] [PATCH] stop OFED before uninstalling it

2007-08-27 Thread Erez Zilber
Tziporet Koren wrote: Erez Zilber wrote: stop OFED before uninstalling it Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- uninstall.sh |5 + 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh index 177b8a1..89ee3f1 100755

[ewg] Re: ib_local_sa.ko is not created

2007-08-26 Thread Erez Zilber
Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: IIRC this tree includes new local sa bits from Sean which are interated as part of sa module. Do you mean to say that the sa module already contains ib_local_sa in it? Anyway, I'm interested in rdma_cm, and when I try to load it, it looks for ib_local_sa: [EMAIL

[ewg] open-iscsi-generic should not be in ofed.conf

2007-08-26 Thread Erez Zilber
. -- Erez Zilber | 972-9-971-7689 Software Engineer, Storage Solutions Team Voltaire – _The Grid Backbone_ __ www.voltaire.com http://www.voltaire.com/ ___ ewg mailing list ewg

Re: [ewg] [PATCH 0/2] IB/iser: move open-iscsi crypto functions to kernel_addons

2007-08-09 Thread Erez Zilber
Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: This should be linux-2.6, not kernel-2.6 In any case we took this commit: commit f558f506f0c10c8af664dd1f20d35ce26b19b133 Author: Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue Aug 7 09:21:18 2007 +0300 move open-iscsi crypto functions to kernel_addons (SLES10

Re: [ewg] OFED 1.2.c-11 is available

2007-08-08 Thread Erez Zilber
Tziporet, Can you add the following as a known issue: open-iscsi over TCP does not support usage of data digest on RedHat EL/AS 4 up3, up4 up5. Note that this comment should be added to OFED release notes, not to iSER release notes. This is not an iSER bug (it's a bug in the backport for

[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] OFED 1.2.c-9 is available

2007-07-31 Thread Erez Zilber
Tziporet, Does 1.2.c-9 also include FMR support? Else, should we wait for 1.2.c-10? Thanks, Erez Tziporet Koren wrote: Hi All, OFED 1.2.c-9 is available now on the OFA server under: _http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/connectx/release/_ Note: this release was tested with FW 2.1.000

[ewg] [PATCH 0/4]: add kfifo from upstream for SLES9 RH4

2007-07-30 Thread Erez Zilber
Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: Quoting Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Subject: Why isn't kfifo get built with ib-core for RH4? Michael, I saw that kfifo that was built with ib-core for RH4 was removed: http://www2.openfabrics.org/git/?p=~vlad/ofed_kernel.git;a=commit;h

[ewg] [PATCH 0/2] IB/iser: move open-iscsi crypto functions to kernel_addons

2007-07-30 Thread Erez Zilber
? -- Erez Zilber | 972-9-971-7689 Software Engineer, Storage Team Voltaire – _The Grid Backbone_ __ www.voltaire.com http://www.voltaire.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ ewg mailing list ewg@lists.openfabrics.org http

[ewg] [PATCH 1/2] IB/iser: move open-iscsi crypto functions to kernel_addons (SLES10, RHEL5)

2007-07-30 Thread Erez Zilber
move open-iscsi crypto functions to kernel_addons (SLES10, RHEL5) Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- .../backport/2.6.16_sles10/include/linux/crypto.h | 54 .../2.6.16_sles10_sp1/include/linux/crypto.h | 54 .../backport/2.6.18_FC6/include/linux/crypto.h

[ewg] [PATCH 2/2] IB/iser: move open-iscsi crypto functions to kernel_addons (RHEL4)

2007-07-30 Thread Erez Zilber
move open-iscsi crypto functions to kernel_addons (RHEL4) Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- .../backport/2.6.9_U3/include/linux/crypto.h | 55 ++-- .../backport/2.6.9_U4/include/linux/crypto.h | 55 ++-- .../backport/2.6.9_U5/include/linux/crypto.h

[ewg] Re: add_open_iscsi_h.patch

2007-07-25 Thread Erez Zilber
Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: Erez, add_open_iscsi_h currently does: -#include scsi/iscsi_if.h +#include iscsi_if.h why is ths bit needed? Strange. I remember that I couldn't build OFED 1.2 without it in the past. I tried to rebuild it without this now, and it compiles successfully, so let's

[ewg] Re: add_open_iscsi_h.patch

2007-07-25 Thread Erez Zilber
Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: Quoting Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Subject: Re: add_open_iscsi_h.patch Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: Quoting Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Subject: Re: add_open_iscsi_h.patch Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: Quoting Erez Zilber [EMAIL

[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] [PATCH 1/2] IB/iser: add open-iscsi over iSER support for RHAS4 in OFED scripts

2007-06-20 Thread Erez Zilber
Erez Zilber wrote: Add support for open-iscsi over iSER in RHAS4 in OFED's scripts. Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- build.sh |2 +- build_env.sh |4 ++-- install.sh |2 +- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/build.sh b

[ewg] Re: [PATCH] IB/iser: make all fixes patches apply on full kernel source

2007-06-18 Thread Erez Zilber
Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: Since we'll have RC6, I'd like to add the following cosmetic change: move iscsi_scsi_makefile from kernel_patches/fixes to ofed_scripts, and use a softlink to put in in place. The solves the following problem: if I do git clone on ofed tree without -n, and try to

Re: [ewg] Mentioning bug #536 in the release notes

2007-06-14 Thread Erez Zilber
Erez Zilber wrote: Tziporet, Michael, I think that something should be said in the release notes about bug #536. Something like: When upgrading from older OFED versions, the installation script doesn't stop the old OFED version before uninstalling it. Therefore, it is recommended