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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:09:04 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> To: Rakesh Ranjan <rakesh@...lsio.com> Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>, 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, Rakesh Ranjan <rakesh@...lsio.com> Subject: Re: [RFC-PATCH] dhcp provisioning support in cxgb3i On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:54:07 +0530 Rakesh Ranjan <rakesh@...lsio.com> wrote: > Mike Christie wrote: > > 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. > > Hi Mike, > > What do you mean be generic ? Do you want to have a generic interface > for DHCP handler that could be part of libiscsi and could be used by > other LLD's. Is there anyway to make existing code (in net/ipv4/ipconfig.c) more generic and useful for both? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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