Package: open-iscsi
Version: 2.0.874-1
The debian initramfs uses the IBFT support in iscsistart to log
into the root volume. The initramfs script uses iscsistart -N to
bring up the NICs before logging in with iscsstart -b. This
process works fine when using non-offload NICs, but fails when
using NICs using the bnx2, bnx2x, cxgb3, and cxgb4 drivers due to
the following code in
utils/fwparam_ibft/fw_entry.c:fw_setup_nics():
list_for_each_entry(context, &targets, list) {
/* if it is a offload nic ignore it */
if (!net_get_transport_name_from_netdev(context->iface,
transport))
continue
Which does a lookup in the table in usr/iscsi_net_util.c
static struct iscsi_net_driver net_drivers[] = {
{"cxgb3", "cxgb3i" },
{"cxgb4", "cxgb4i" },
{"bnx2", "bnx2i" },
{"bnx2x", "bnx2i"},
{NULL, NULL}
};
to see if -N should skip this NIC.
There is a discussion of this issue at:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=msg/open-iscsi/PsT65Z4Gx3I/GUObdlVvCQAJ#!msg/open-iscsi/PsT65Z4Gx3I/GUObdlVvCQAJ
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Andrew Patterson
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
