AOE support (was: Re: FAI and debian live)

[Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>]

Jean Spirat wrote:
>>> ii  live-initramfs                      1.139.1-3               Debian
>>> Live initramfs hook
>
> in theory it is a debien lenny ... :(
> so if this is not the good one i have a problem !! i will check.

1.154.5-1 migrated today, however, before that, 1.154.3-1 was the
version in testing.

> i used a pastebin service on the web so the mail is easier to read :)

hm, for reference purpose, it's good to have the stuff in the
mailinglist, and not on a temporary pastebin where they dissapear in a
while, therefore.. pasting here (replaced the MACs with XXs for privacy
reasons):

>>> on the initrd i just added a init-premount/aoe  script that:

initramfs-tools/hooks/aoetools:

    #!/bin/sh

    set  -e

    PREREQ=""

    prereqs()
    {
            echo "$PREREQ"
    }

    case $1 in
    prereqs)
            prereqs
            exit 0
            ;;
    esac

    . /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions

    [ -x /sbin/aoe-discover ] && copy_exec /sbin/aoe-discover /sbin

    [ -x /sbin/aoe-stat ] && copy_exec /sbin/aoe-stat /sbin

    manual_add_modules aoe




and initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/aoetools



    #!/bin/sh

    set -e

    PREREQ="udev"

    prereqs()
    {
            echo "$PREREQ"
    }

    case $1 in
    prereqs)
            prereqs
            exit 0
            ;;
    esac

    ifconfig lo up

    case $ROOT in
    /dev/etherd/e*)
            INTERFACES=`sed -ne '/eth.*:/{s/:.*$//;p;}' < /proc/net/dev`
            for i in $INTERFACES; do
                    echo Bringing up interface $i for AoE
                    ifconfig $i up
            done
            # Make sure udev has processed all events from adding the NIC
            # modules before loading aoe
            [ -x /sbin/udevsettle ] && /sbin/udevsettle --timeout=30
            modprobe aoe
            # Wait until aoe device files have been generated.
            [ -x /sbin/udevsettle ] && /sbin/udevsettle --timeout=30
            aoe-discover;
            sleep 10;
            aoe-discover;
            sleep 10;
            aoe-discover;
            sleep 30
            ;;
    esac

>>> and also a udev rule to rename ethx so they are in good order

etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

    # PCI device 0x8086:0x105e (e1000e)
    SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
ATTR{address}=="00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*",
NAME="eth3"

    # PCI device 0x14e4:0x165a (tg3)
    SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
ATTR{address}=="00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*",
NAME="eth1"

    # PCI device 0x14e4:0x165a (tg3)
    SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
ATTR{address}=="00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*",
NAME="eth0"

    # PCI device 0x8086:0x105e (e1000e)
    SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
ATTR{address}=="00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*",
NAME="eth2"

>> looks like a check doesn't cover AOE specific device names/patches and
>> thus fails, and therefore very easy to fix. can i please see the
>> *complete* live.log from debug mode?
>>   
> here it is:
> 
> http://www.web-ig.com/code/wyytvy-130

seperate mail in a couple of minutes.

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