linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support (v0.4.5)

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Message-ID: <22101.1201547493@bebe.enoyolf.org>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:11:33 -0600
From:	Doug Maxey <dwm@...yolf.org>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek <konrad@...nok.org>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com, darnok@....org,
	pjones@...hat.com, konradr@...hat.com, konradr@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, hpa@...or.com, lenb@...nel.org,
	mike.anderson@...ibm.com, dwm@...tin.ibm.com, arjan@...radead.org,
	michaelc@...wisc.edu, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support (v0.4.5) 


On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:04:51 EST, Konrad Rzeszutek wrote:
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_ibft);
> >
> > Is this x86-specific?  Are suitable Kconfig dependencies in place?
> 
> Originally I had it to be x86-specific but was told that I should make it all 
> platforms since the IBFT is platform independent. Somebody can very well 
> insert a NIC with IBFT on a IA64 machine or PPC.
> 

I would beg to differ regarding the powerpc.  On powerpc, the bios is
invisible and ignored.  We have our own "special" way, via the device-tree
in procfs.

++doug

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