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Bug#691977: please add be2iscsi module to d-i image



On Thu, 2012-11-01 at 08:20 +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> reassign 691977 linux
> thanks
> 
> Quoting Aron Xu (happyaron.xu@gmail.com):
> > Package: debian-installer
> > 
> > Dear d-i maintainers,
> > 
> > I found that be2iscsi module is absent in d-i image. The module are the
> > driver of iSCSI functions in Emulex be2/3 NICs, which is a standard
> > configuration for HP BL490c G7 blade servers.
> > 
> > Missing this module makes d-i not able to detect the hard drive provided by
> > the iSCSI HBA in the Emulex NIC, hence not able to install the system to
> > SAN, which is vital for diskless configurations.
> 
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion. This indeed belongs to kernel packages as
> the linux source package is the one building d-i kernels and modules
> set.

I'm not familiar with NICs that do iSCSI offload.  Does the host need to
provide any configuration to them, or is that all handled by the
on-board firmware?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
The program is absolutely right; therefore, the computer must be wrong.

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