Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:24:37 -0600 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: Daisuke Aoyama <aoyama@peach.ne.jp> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iSCSI boot driver 0.2.5 (isboot.ko) has been released. Message-ID: <02E5BFB9-901B-4AA3-9594-160C3259AE66@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <FDD177AA6F934981B1BC18BB9128B248@ad.peach.ne.jp> References: <FDD177AA6F934981B1BC18BB9128B248@ad.peach.ne.jp>
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On Aug 21, 2012, at 11:43 PM, Daisuke Aoyama <aoyama@peach.ne.jp> wrote: > You can download the source file from: > http://www.peach.ne.jp/archives/isboot/isboot-0.2.5.tar.gz > ... Daisuke-san- Thank you for this great work! I can see a lot of potential applications = for it. I set up a test machine and got as far as booting the FreeBSD = 10-CURRENT kernel from an istgt LUN, but it failed to find the root = device--the isboot.ko module loaded fine but the iBFT handoff didn't = happen so the network was not configured early enough. This machine has = an sk(4) NIC, and I am chain-loading gPXE using the "undionly.kpxe" = image. I have a few questions for you (or other knowledgeable people on the = list): 1) Does iBFT require hardware support in the NIC? 2) Does iBFT require NIC driver support? 3) Is anything required in loader.conf besides = isboot_load=3D"YES"? 3) How hard would it be to get this working with sk(4)? 4) Is it likely to work (better) if I find an em(4) card = instead? Thanks, JN
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