Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:47:47 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/sga (Linux) SCSI Command Stuff Message-ID: <20070403134747.gtie10l8g04os8k0@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20070402214258.GA50571@freebsd.org> References: <02e101c77557$c5a68e60$50f3ab20$@org> <20070402204557.GA49440@freebsd.org> <20070402154835.F9231@thebighonker.lerctr.org> <20070402212855.GA50351@freebsd.org> <20070402164027.I11442@thebighonker.lerctr.org> <20070402214258.GA50571@freebsd.org>
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Quoting Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> (from Mon, 2 Apr 2007
23:42:58 +0200):
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 04:41:35PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Roman Divacky wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 03:50:23PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
>> >>Also, we don't (AFAIK) expose /dev/sga to the linux world through the
>> >>linux-o-lator so I don't even know if what I want is possible.
>> >
>> >hehe.. guess what.. netbsd supports that :) at least partially. so PLEASE
>> >test the netbsd somehow so we know that the netbsd support is sufficient
>> The box is 150+ miles away stuffed in a colo. It's also my main DNS / Mail
>> /
>> Web server.
>>
>> Sorry, but I don't think I can do that, at least with the scsi drive.
>>
>> I do have a new box coming that will have Seagate SATA drives, and might be
>> able to test that.....
>
> I am in a good mood so I guess I'll port the stuff from netbsd
> tomorrow. it looks
> very easy. I hope you will test :)
linux_util.c rev. 1.30:
---snip---
Enhance the Linux emulation layer to make MegaRAID SAS managements
tool happy.
Add back in a scheme to emulate old type major/minor numbers via hooks into
stat, linprocfs to return major/minors that Linux app's expect. Currently
only /dev/null is always registered. Drivers can register via the Linux
type shim similar to the ioctl shim but by using
linux_device_register_handler/linux_device_unregister_handler functions.
The structure is:
struct linux_device_handler {
char *bsd_driver_name;
char *linux_driver_name;
char *bsd_device_name;
char *linux_device_name;
int linux_major;
int linux_minor;
int linux_char_device;
};
Linprocfs uses this to display the major number of the driver. The
soon to be available linsysfs will use it to fill in the driver name.
Linux_stat uses it to translate the major/minor into Linux type values.
---snip---
I didn't look at the implementation, but this struct looks like an
translation layer...
Bye,
Alexander.
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