Re: r3297 - in trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.11-2.6.11/debian: . patches patches/series

[Harald Görl <harald.goerl@rz.uni-augsburg.de>]

Christoph Hellwig schrieb:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 09:23:49AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
>
> > > > +  * Added patch for IBM eServer i/pSeries Virtual SCSI Target Driver from 
> > i' curious to know what is needed?
>
> As the code and explanation says it's needed for vio targets, aka if you
> want to run multiple OS instances on a single system, and you absolutely
> want to run vio on some of the instances and run the server under debian
> linux (by default it runs AIX or OS/400), which lacks the infrastructure
> for this server anyway.

Hi Christoph, *.
I'm not really sure if i did understand that correctly. Do you think 
that the virtual i/o server for pSeries (i.e. IBM OpenPower) MUST run 
under AIX? That's not true.

We have the virtual i/o server and the LPARs (virtual partitions) on 
OpenPower 720 both running under Debian. No need for any other (curious) 
operating system/kernel!

And if the patch is neccessary for the virtual i/o server (driver: 
ibmvscsis), then the patch is neccessary for us.

Harald