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



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 
> > > +    Dave Boutcher <boutcher@us.ibm.com>, needed for ppc64 boxes with virtual
> > > +    partitions, Thanks to Cajus Pollmeier for providing it.
> > > +    (Sven Luther)
> > 
> > And no, it's totally not needed for these systems to work.
> 
> 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.



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