Merge of rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/aoe-2.6.git/

Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ The EtherDrive (R) HOWTO for users of 2.6 kernels is found at ...
 
   It has many tips and hints!
 
+The aoetools are userland programs that are designed to work with this
+driver.  The aoetools are on sourceforge.
+
+  http://aoetools.sourceforge.net/
+
+The scripts in this Documentation/aoe directory are intended to
+document the use of the driver and are not necessary if you install
+the aoetools.
+
+
 CREATING DEVICE NODES
 
   Users of udev should find the block device nodes created
@@ -35,14 +45,15 @@ USING DEVICE NODES
 
   "echo eth2 eth4 > /dev/etherd/interfaces" tells the aoe driver to
   limit ATA over Ethernet traffic to eth2 and eth4.  AoE traffic from
-  untrusted networks should be ignored as a matter of security.
+  untrusted networks should be ignored as a matter of security.  See
+  also the aoe_iflist driver option described below.
 
   "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, so distribution maintainers are encouraged to create
-  scripts that use these devices.
+  counterparts.  Using the commands in aoetools insulates users from
+  these implementation details.
 
   The block devices are named like this:
 
@@ -66,7 +77,8 @@ USING SYSFS
   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.
+  in a convenient way.  Users with aoetools can use the aoe-stat
+  command.
 
   root@makki root# sh Documentation/aoe/status.sh 
      e10.0            eth3              up
@@ -89,3 +101,23 @@ USING SYSFS
       e4.7            eth1              up
       e4.8            eth1              up
       e4.9            eth1              up
+
+  Use /sys/module/aoe/parameters/aoe_iflist (or better, the driver
+  option discussed below) instead of /dev/etherd/interfaces to limit
+  AoE traffic to the network interfaces in the given
+  whitespace-separated list.  Unlike the old character device, the
+  sysfs entry can be read from as well as written to.
+
+  It's helpful to trigger discovery after setting the list of allowed
+  interfaces.  The aoetools package provides an aoe-discover script
+  for this purpose.  You can also directly use the
+  /dev/etherd/discover special file described above.
+
+DRIVER OPTIONS
+
+  There is a boot option for the built-in aoe driver and a
+  corresponding module parameter, aoe_iflist.  Without this option,
+  all network interfaces may be used for ATA over Ethernet.  Here is a
+  usage example for the module parameter.
+
+    modprobe aoe_iflist="eth1 eth3"

Documentation/aoe/status.sh

@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ test ! -d "$sysd/block" && {
 	echo "$me Error: sysfs is not mounted" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 }
-test -z "`lsmod | grep '^aoe'`" && {
-	echo  "$me Error: aoe module is not loaded" 1>&2
-	exit 1
-}
 
 for d in `ls -d $sysd/block/etherd* 2>/dev/null | grep -v p` end; do
 	# maybe ls comes up empty, so we use "end"

drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h

 /* Copyright (c) 2004 Coraid, Inc.  See COPYING for GPL terms. */
-#define VERSION "6"
+#define VERSION "10"
 #define AOE_MAJOR 152
 #define DEVICE_NAME "aoe"
 

drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c

@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ static ssize_t aoedisk_show_netif(struct gendisk * disk, char *page)
 
 	return snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", d->ifp->name);
 }
+/* firmware version */
+static ssize_t aoedisk_show_fwver(struct gendisk * disk, char *page)
+{
+	struct aoedev *d = disk->private_data;
+
+	return snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, "0x%04x\n", (unsigned int) d->fw_ver);
+}
 
 static struct disk_attribute disk_attr_state = {
 	.attr = {.name = "state", .mode = S_IRUGO },
@@ -50,6 +57,10 @@ static struct disk_attribute disk_attr_netif = {
 	.attr = {.name = "netif", .mode = S_IRUGO },
 	.show = aoedisk_show_netif
 };
+static struct disk_attribute disk_attr_fwver = {
+	.attr = {.name = "firmware-version", .mode = S_IRUGO },
+	.show = aoedisk_show_fwver
+};
 
 static void
 aoedisk_add_sysfs(struct aoedev *d)
@@ -57,6 +68,7 @@ aoedisk_add_sysfs(struct aoedev *d)
 	sysfs_create_file(&d->gd->kobj, &disk_attr_state.attr);
 	sysfs_create_file(&d->gd->kobj, &disk_attr_mac.attr);
 	sysfs_create_file(&d->gd->kobj, &disk_attr_netif.attr);
+	sysfs_create_file(&d->gd->kobj, &disk_attr_fwver.attr);
 }
 void
 aoedisk_rm_sysfs(struct aoedev *d)
@@ -64,6 +76,7 @@ aoedisk_rm_sysfs(struct aoedev *d)
 	sysfs_remove_link(&d->gd->kobj, "state");
 	sysfs_remove_link(&d->gd->kobj, "mac");
 	sysfs_remove_link(&d->gd->kobj, "netif");
+	sysfs_remove_link(&d->gd->kobj, "firmware-version");
 }
 
 static int

drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c

@@ -109,25 +109,22 @@ aoedev_set(ulong sysminor, unsigned char *addr, struct net_device *ifp, ulong bu
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&devlist_lock, flags);
 
 	for (d=devlist; d; d=d->next)
-		if (d->sysminor == sysminor
-		|| memcmp(d->addr, addr, sizeof d->addr) == 0)
+		if (d->sysminor == sysminor)
 			break;
 
 	if (d == NULL && (d = aoedev_newdev(bufcnt)) == NULL) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devlist_lock, flags);
 		printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: aoedev_set: aoedev_newdev failure.\n");
 		return NULL;
-	}
+	} /* if newdev, (d->flags & DEVFL_UP) == 0 for below */
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devlist_lock, flags);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
 
 	d->ifp = ifp;
-
-	if (d->sysminor != sysminor
-	|| (d->flags & DEVFL_UP) == 0) {
-		aoedev_downdev(d); /* flushes outstanding frames */
 	memcpy(d->addr, addr, sizeof d->addr);
+	if ((d->flags & DEVFL_UP) == 0) {
+		aoedev_downdev(d); /* flushes outstanding frames */
 		d->sysminor = sysminor;
 		d->aoemajor = AOEMAJOR(sysminor);
 		d->aoeminor = AOEMINOR(sysminor);

drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include "aoe.h"
 
 #define NECODES 5
@@ -26,6 +27,19 @@ enum {
 };
 
 static char aoe_iflist[IFLISTSZ];
+module_param_string(aoe_iflist, aoe_iflist, IFLISTSZ, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(aoe_iflist, "aoe_iflist=\"dev1 [dev2 ...]\"\n");
+
+#ifndef MODULE
+static int __init aoe_iflist_setup(char *str)
+{
+	strncpy(aoe_iflist, str, IFLISTSZ);
+	aoe_iflist[IFLISTSZ - 1] = '\0';
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("aoe_iflist=", aoe_iflist_setup);
+#endif
 
 int
 is_aoe_netif(struct net_device *ifp)
@@ -36,7 +50,8 @@ is_aoe_netif(struct net_device *ifp)
 	if (aoe_iflist[0] == '\0')
 		return 1;
 
-	for (p = aoe_iflist; *p; p = q + strspn(q, WHITESPACE)) {
+	p = aoe_iflist + strspn(aoe_iflist, WHITESPACE);
+	for (; *p; p = q + strspn(q, WHITESPACE)) {
 		q = p + strcspn(p, WHITESPACE);
 		if (q != p)
 			len = q - p;