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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt | 49 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh | 41 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/aoe/status.sh | 3 |
4 files changed, 35 insertions, 86 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt b/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt index b3e47560346a..bfc9cb19abcd 100644 --- a/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt +++ b/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +ATA over Ethernet is a network protocol that provides simple access to +block storage on the LAN. + + http://support.coraid.com/documents/AoEr11.txt + The EtherDrive (R) HOWTO for 2.6 and 3.x kernels is found at ... http://support.coraid.com/support/linux/EtherDrive-2.6-HOWTO.html @@ -26,20 +31,12 @@ CREATING DEVICE NODES There is a udev-install.sh script that shows how to install these rules on your system. - If you are not using udev, two scripts are provided in - Documentation/aoe as examples of static device node creation for - using the aoe driver. - - rm -rf /dev/etherd - sh Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh /dev/etherd - - ... or to make just one shelf's worth of block device nodes ... - - sh Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh /dev/etherd 0 - There is also an autoload script that shows how to edit /etc/modprobe.d/aoe.conf to ensure that the aoe module is loaded when - necessary. + necessary. Preloading the aoe module is preferable to autoloading, + however, because AoE discovery takes a few seconds. It can be + confusing when an AoE device is not present the first time the a + command is run but appears a second later. USING DEVICE NODES @@ -54,9 +51,9 @@ USING DEVICE NODES "echo > /dev/etherd/discover" tells the driver to find out what AoE devices are available. - These character devices may disappear and be replaced by sysfs - counterparts. Using the commands in aoetools insulates users from - these implementation details. + In the future these character devices may disappear and be replaced + by sysfs counterparts. Using the commands in aoetools insulates + users from these implementation details. The block devices are named like this: @@ -79,8 +76,8 @@ USING SYSFS The netif attribute is the network interface on the localhost through which we are communicating with the remote AoE device. - There is a script in this directory that formats this information - in a convenient way. Users with aoetools can use the aoe-stat + There is a script in this directory that formats this information in + a convenient way. Users with aoetools should use the aoe-stat command. root@makki root# sh Documentation/aoe/status.sh @@ -124,3 +121,21 @@ DRIVER OPTIONS usage example for the module parameter. modprobe aoe_iflist="eth1 eth3" + + The aoe_deadsecs module parameter determines the maximum number of + seconds that the driver will wait for an AoE device to provide a + response to an AoE command. After aoe_deadsecs seconds have + elapsed, the AoE device will be marked as "down". + + The aoe_maxout module parameter has a default of 128. This is the + maximum number of unresponded packets that will be sent to an AoE + target at one time. + + The aoe_dyndevs module parameter defaults to 1, meaning that the + driver will assign a block device minor number to a discovered AoE + target based on the order of its discovery. With dynamic minor + device numbers in use, a greater range of AoE shelf and slot + addresses can be supported. Users with udev will never have to + think about minor numbers. Using aoe_dyndevs=0 allows device nodes + to be pre-created using a static minor-number scheme with the + aoe-mkshelf script in the aoetools. diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh b/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh deleted file mode 100644 index 44c0ab702432..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh - -n_shelves=${n_shelves:-10} -n_partitions=${n_partitions:-16} - -if test "$#" != "1"; then - echo "Usage: sh `basename $0` {dir}" 1>&2 - echo " n_partitions=16 sh `basename $0` {dir}" 1>&2 - exit 1 -fi -dir=$1 - -MAJOR=152 - -echo "Creating AoE devnode files in $dir ..." - -set -e - -mkdir -p $dir - -# (Status info is in sysfs. See status.sh.) -# rm -f $dir/stat -# mknod -m 0400 $dir/stat c $MAJOR 1 -rm -f $dir/err -mknod -m 0400 $dir/err c $MAJOR 2 -rm -f $dir/discover -mknod -m 0200 $dir/discover c $MAJOR 3 -rm -f $dir/interfaces -mknod -m 0200 $dir/interfaces c $MAJOR 4 -rm -f $dir/revalidate -mknod -m 0200 $dir/revalidate c $MAJOR 5 -rm -f $dir/flush -mknod -m 0200 $dir/flush c $MAJOR 6 - -export n_partitions -mkshelf=`echo $0 | sed 's!mkdevs!mkshelf!'` -i=0 -while test $i -lt $n_shelves; do - sh -xc "sh $mkshelf $dir $i" - i=`expr $i + 1` -done diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh b/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh deleted file mode 100644 index 32615814271c..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -#! /bin/sh - -if test "$#" != "2"; then - echo "Usage: sh `basename $0` {dir} {shelfaddress}" 1>&2 - echo " n_partitions=16 sh `basename $0` {dir} {shelfaddress}" 1>&2 - exit 1 -fi -n_partitions=${n_partitions:-16} -dir=$1 -shelf=$2 -nslots=16 -maxslot=`echo $nslots 1 - p | dc` -MAJOR=152 - -set -e - -minor=`echo $nslots \* $shelf \* $n_partitions | bc` -endp=`echo $n_partitions - 1 | bc` -for slot in `seq 0 $maxslot`; do - for part in `seq 0 $endp`; do - name=e$shelf.$slot - test "$part" != "0" && name=${name}p$part - rm -f $dir/$name - mknod -m 0660 $dir/$name b $MAJOR $minor - - minor=`expr $minor + 1` - done -done diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/status.sh b/Documentation/aoe/status.sh index 751f3be514b8..eeec7baae57a 100644 --- a/Documentation/aoe/status.sh +++ b/Documentation/aoe/status.sh @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ #! /bin/sh # collate and present sysfs information about AoE storage +# +# A more complete version of this script is aoe-stat, in the +# aoetools. set -e format="%8s\t%8s\t%8s\n" |