scsi_mod issue

scsi_mod issue

[John Reynolds]

Hi,

we are trying to get the iSCSI Initiator running on SLES 10 SP3 XEN

Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.54.5-xen #1 SMP
module-init-tools version 3.2.2


the initiator connects and logs in to the target (SLES10SP3).
but doesnt make the device node, the dmesg output is :-
scsi4 : iSCSI Initiator over TCP/IP
 4:0:0:0: scsi scan: consider passing
scsi_mod.dev_flags=IET:VIRTUAL-DISK:0x240 or 0x1000240

in the syslog :-
Feb 13 14:07:37 POS2-HOST kernel: scsi4 : iSCSI Initiator over TCP/IP
Feb 13 14:07:37 POS2-HOST kernel:  4:0:0:0: scsi scan: consider
passing scsi_mod.dev_flags=IET:VIRTUAL-DISK:0x240 or 0x1000240
Feb 13 14:07:37 POS2-HOST iscsid: connection4:0 is operational now

it would appear the scsi module does recognise the vendor and module
as a scsi block device.
I have tried adding the following lines to /etc/modprobe.conf.local
options scsi_mod dev_flags="IET:VIRTUAL-DISK:0x240"
or
options scsi_mod dev_flags="IET:VIRTUAL-DISK:0x1000240"

rebooted several times, with the same error message
even added the scsi_mod.dev_flags=IET:VIRTUAL-DISK:0x240 to the kernel
boot options, again the same error.

Anyone have any suggestions or ideas ?

John

Re: scsi_mod issue

[Bryn M. Reeves]

On 02/13/2011 02:07 PM, John Reynolds wrote:
> it would appear the scsi module does recognise the vendor and module
> as a scsi block device.
> I have tried adding the following lines to /etc/modprobe.conf.local
> options scsi_mod dev_flags="IET:VIRTUAL-DISK:0x240"
> or
> options scsi_mod dev_flags="IET:VIRTUAL-DISK:0x1000240"
> 
> rebooted several times, with the same error message
> even added the scsi_mod.dev_flags=IET:VIRTUAL-DISK:0x240 to the kernel
> boot options, again the same error.

Did you rebuild the initramfs image after modifying these options?

Also, I don't think anything in the standard module-init-tools checks for a
modprobe.conf.local - most distributions today either still use
/etc/modprobe.conf for everything (it's been deprecated for some time) or have
switched to using .conf files in /etc/modprobe.d.

Regards,
Bryn.