ib_srpt: Update README

git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/scst/svn/trunk@5439 d57e44dd-8a1f-0410-8b47-8ef2f437770f
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Bart Van Assche
2014-04-18 11:09:55 +00:00
parent 4bce1c54ef
commit ac079a1545

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@@ -30,9 +30,13 @@ Installation
Building and installing the SRP target driver is possible as follows:
cd ${SCST_DIR}
make -s scst_clean scst scst_install
make -s srpt_clean srpt srpt_install
make -s scstadm scstadm_install
if type -p rpm >/dev/null; then
make -s rpm
sudo rpm -U rpmbuilddir/RPMS/*/*rpm scstadmin/rpmbuilddir/RPMS/*/*rpm
else
make -s scst_clean srpt_clean scst srpt scstadmin
sudo make -s scst_install srpt_install scstadm_install
fi
The ib_srpt kernel module supports the following parameters:
* one_target_per_port (boolean) and
@@ -166,9 +170,9 @@ Target names
The name assigned by the ib_srpt target driver to an SCST target is either
ib_srpt_target_<n>, the node GUID of a HCA in hexadecimal form with a colon
after every fourth digit or the port GUID with a colon afer every fourth
digit. The HCA node and port GUIDs can be obtained via the ibv_devinfo
command. An example:
after every fourth digit or the port GID with a colon afer every fourth
digit. The HCA node GUID and the port GIDs can be obtained via the
ibv_devinfo command. An example:
# ibv_devinfo -v | grep -E '[^a-z]port:|guid|GID'
node_guid: 0002:c903:0005:f34e
@@ -359,7 +363,8 @@ Performance Notes - Initiator Side
* The SRP initiator limits by default the queue depth to 64 commands. If your
workload benefits from a larger queue depth, enlarge the queue depth by
setting the max_cmd_per_lun parameter in the SRP login string.
setting the max_cmd_per_lun and queue_size parameters in the SRP login
string.
* The following parameters have a small but measurable impact on SRP
performance:
@@ -372,7 +377,7 @@ Performance Notes - Both Sides
------------------------------
* Disabling CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG and CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS in the kernel config
helps.
improves performance.
* Disable CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER such that CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS is disabled.
@@ -421,5 +426,4 @@ A: This means that you are using a system on which OFED has been installed but
Feedback
--------
Send questions about this driver to scst-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, CC:
Vu Pham <vuhuong@mellanox.com> and Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>.
Send questions about this driver to scst-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.