[PATCH] aoe: update the documentation to mention aoetools
update the documentation to mention aoetools Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ The EtherDrive (R) HOWTO for users of 2.6 kernels is found at ...
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It has many tips and hints!
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The aoetools are userland programs that are designed to work with this
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driver. The aoetools are on sourceforge.
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http://aoetools.sourceforge.net/
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The scripts in this Documentation/aoe directory are intended to
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document the use of the driver and are not necessary if you install
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the aoetools.
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CREATING DEVICE NODES
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Users of udev should find the block device nodes created
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@ -33,19 +43,17 @@ USING DEVICE NODES
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"cat /dev/etherd/err" blocks, waiting for error diagnostic output,
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like any retransmitted packets.
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The /dev/etherd/interfaces special file is obsoleted by the
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aoe_iflist boot option and module option (and its sysfs entry
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described in the next section).
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"echo eth2 eth4 > /dev/etherd/interfaces" tells the aoe driver to
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limit ATA over Ethernet traffic to eth2 and eth4. AoE traffic from
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untrusted networks should be ignored as a matter of security.
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untrusted networks should be ignored as a matter of security. See
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also the aoe_iflist driver option described below.
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"echo > /dev/etherd/discover" tells the driver to find out what AoE
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devices are available.
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These character devices may disappear and be replaced by sysfs
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counterparts, so distribution maintainers are encouraged to create
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scripts that use these devices.
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counterparts. Using the commands in aoetools insulates users from
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these implementation details.
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The block devices are named like this:
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through which we are communicating with the remote AoE device.
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There is a script in this directory that formats this information
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in a convenient way.
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in a convenient way. Users with aoetools can use the aoe-stat
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command.
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root@makki root# sh Documentation/aoe/status.sh
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e10.0 eth3 up
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sysfs entry can be read from as well as written to.
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It's helpful to trigger discovery after setting the list of allowed
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interfaces. If your distro provides an aoe-discover script, you can
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use that. Otherwise, you can directly use the /dev/etherd/discover
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file described above.
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interfaces. The aoetools package provides an aoe-discover script
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for this purpose. You can also directly use the
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/dev/etherd/discover special file described above.
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DRIVER OPTIONS
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