From 33af3ccb462519f5aaf8ca66fd9c107400b3b491 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vladislav Bolkhovitin Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 04:15:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ql2x00t: howto update git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/scst/svn/trunk@7151 d57e44dd-8a1f-0410-8b47-8ef2f437770f --- qla2x00t/doc/qla2x00t-howto.html | 14 +++++--------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/qla2x00t/doc/qla2x00t-howto.html b/qla2x00t/doc/qla2x00t-howto.html index 2f3195e53..925de8968 100644 --- a/qla2x00t/doc/qla2x00t-howto.html +++ b/qla2x00t/doc/qla2x00t-howto.html @@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ And on SUSE systems these packages can be installed by running the following com 
[root@proj ]# zypper install gcc ncurses-devel kernel-devel lsscsi patch subversion
-
  • - Download the latest QLogic SCST target driver: - 
    [root@proj ]# git clone git://git.qlogic.com/scst-qla2xxx.git
    -
    • -
  • Download the SCST source code. That source code can be downloaded either from the SCST @@ -113,14 +108,15 @@ And on SUSE systems these packages can be installed by running the following com
  • - In the SCST directory, create a soft link to the QLogic driver: - 
    [root@proj ]# cd scst
+  If you want to use the latest QLogic SCST target driver from the QLogic git, download it by:
+  
    [root@proj ]# git clone git://git.qlogic.com/scst-qla2xxx.git
+[root@proj ]# cd scst
 [root@proj scst]# ln -s ../scst-qla2xxx/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx qla2x00t_git
    
+  Note, this driver is not stable at the moment, therefore use of the driver from the SCST tree is recommended.
  • -Find out whether you will need SCSI pass-through and/or the iSCSI -zero-copy optimization. If not, skip the kernel download, patch, rebuild +Find out whether you will need iSCSI zero-copy optimization. Since it is valuable only with scst_user user space dev handlers, most likely, you don't need this feature. If you don't, skip the kernel download, patch, rebuild and reboot steps and continue with the SCST build step.