From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3.4; Linux) KHTML/3.4.0 (like Gecko) Description of problem: The IBM VSCSI server kernel module ought to be considered for inclusion in RHEL-4, now that it has been substantially reworked. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: modprobe ibmvscsis Actual Results: An error occurs as the module isn't built. Expected Results: The module should exist and be loaded, thus allowing VSCSI requests from guest O/S LPARs to be served. Additional info: I'm running a kernel with the patch included on my power5 box in the service LPAR, and it's serving disk space to three guest LPARs, seemingly without problems.
Created attachment 118005 [details] IBM VSCSI server patch This patch adds IBM VSCSI server module to the kernel.
This patch is now included in the kernels available on: http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/.pickup/ibm/squadrons/rhel4.shtml
Created attachment 118399 [details] "linux-2.6.12-ppc64-ibmvscsis.patch"
---- Additional Comments From mranweil.com 2005-09-02 13:17 EDT -------(Internal Only) This patch adds IBM VSCSI server module to the kernel. Patch from bug.
Created attachment 121697 [details] linux-2.6.9-ppc64-ibmvscsis-latest.patch
changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #12174 [details]|0 |1 is obsolete| | ------- Additional Comments From lxie.com 2005-12-01 12:47 EDT ------- the latest ibmvscsi server for redhat
---- Additional Comments From lxie.com 2005-12-01 12:48 EDT ------- The attached ibmvscsis patch was built based on our latest ibmvscsi server code posted on sourceforge.net against kernel-2.6.9-22.18.EL.patchtest.60.src.rpm I got from http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/.pickup/ibm/squadrons/rhel4.shtml. The patch has been tested for the following vio clients: - redhat 2.6.9.11.EL (disk partiton) - suse 2.6.5-7.97-pseries (disk partition) - suse 2.6.5-7.241-pseries64 (whol disk) - AIX 5.3 (disk partition) RedHat, Please replace the previous patch with this one.
Hmmm... the "/sys/devices/vio/$1/bus0/target0/type" files have gone. Was this deliberate?
---- Additional Comments From boutcher.com 2005-12-06 14:10 EDT ------- Yes...we determine it automatically.
Also, should the module version number have been incremented?
---- Additional Comments From lxie.com 2005-12-07 00:06 EDT ------- 1.0.0 is the initial version number for RedHat release.
The new patch has been incorporated into the patches available on: http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/.pickup/ibm/squadrons/rhel4.shtml
---- Additional Comments From lxie.com 2006-01-11 12:46 EDT ------- I installed kenel-2.6.9-24.EL(downloaded from http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/.pickup/ibm/squadrons/rhel4.shtml)on my system. I was able to boot the following vio clients served by the server running above kernel: - redhat 2.6.9.11.EL - suse 2.6.5-7.97-pseries - AIX 5.3
changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|FIXEDAWAITINGTEST |REOPENED Resolution|FIX_BY_IBM | ------- Additional Comments From boutcher.com 2006-01-23 17:50 EDT ------- We have made a decision not to push for the IBM VSCSI server in distros shipping in 2006. It was rejected from mainline in its current form, and we don\'t want to keep perpetuating an out-of-mainline driver. This means that we will need to work to ensure that people can use the \"blessed\" AIX based VSCSI server where they want to do virtual I/O.
changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |REJECTED Resolution| |WILL_NOT_FIX ------- Additional Comments From mranweil.com 2006-01-30 17:57 EDT ------- Why don\'t we close this bug, then?