linux-kernel - Re: [RFC-PATCH] dhcp provisioning support in cxgb3i

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Message-ID: <4AEF6FC4.6060208@cs.wisc.edu>
Date:	Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:48:20 -0600
From:	Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>
To:	Rakesh Ranjan <rakesh@...lsio.com>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Karen Xie <kxie@...lsio.com>,
	"open-iscsi@...glegroups.com" <open-iscsi@...glegroups.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC-PATCH] dhcp provisioning support in cxgb3i

Rakesh Ranjan wrote:
> Mike Christie wrote:
>> Rakesh Ranjan wrote:
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> Herein attached patches for having dhcp provisioning support in 
>>> cxgb3i. I have added one new iscsi netlink message 
>>> ISCSI_UEVENT_REQ_IPCONF. 
>>
>> Is the idea to have iscsid/uip send down this msg?
>>
>> Was it not possible to hook in more like how bnx2i does dhcp?
> 
> yep, idea is to have iscsid send down ISCSI_UEVENT_REQ_IPCONF msg. bnx2i 
> approach in our case for at least T3 is not feasible.
> 

I think adding DHCP in the kernel is getting a little crazy :) If we go 
down this path, I agree with the other person that stated it should at 
least be generic.
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