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diff --git a/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.txt b/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..84533d8e747f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.txt @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +>>>>>>>>>> The TCM v4 fabric module script generator <<<<<<<<<< + +Greetings all, + +This document is intended to be a mini-HOWTO for using the tcm_mod_builder.py +script to generate a brand new functional TCM v4 fabric .ko module of your very own, +that once built can be immediately be loaded to start access the new TCM/ConfigFS +fabric skeleton, by simply using: + + modprobe $TCM_NEW_MOD + mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/target/$TCM_NEW_MOD + +This script will create a new drivers/target/$TCM_NEW_MOD/, and will do the following + + *) Generate new API callers for drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configs.c logic + ->make_nodeacl(), ->drop_nodeacl(), ->make_tpg(), ->drop_tpg() + ->make_wwn(), ->drop_wwn(). These are created into $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_configfs.c + *) Generate basic infrastructure for loading/unloading LKMs and TCM/ConfigFS fabric module + using a skeleton struct target_core_fabric_ops API template. + *) Based on user defined T10 Proto_Ident for the new fabric module being built, + the TransportID / Initiator and Target WWPN related handlers for + SPC-3 persistent reservation are automatically generated in $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_fabric.c + using drivers/target/target_core_fabric_lib.c logic. + *) NOP API calls for all other Data I/O path and fabric dependent attribute logic + in $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_fabric.c + +tcm_mod_builder.py depends upon the mandatory '-p $PROTO_IDENT' and '-m +$FABRIC_MOD_name' parameters, and actually running the script looks like: + +target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target# python tcm_mod_builder.py -p iSCSI -m tcm_nab5000 +tcm_dir: /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../ +Set fabric_mod_name: tcm_nab5000 +Set fabric_mod_dir: +/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000 +Using proto_ident: iSCSI +Creating fabric_mod_dir: +/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000 +Writing file: +/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_base.h +Using tcm_mod_scan_fabric_ops: +/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../include/target/target_core_fabric_ops.h +Writing file: +/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_fabric.c +Writing file: +/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_fabric.h +Writing file: +/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_configfs.c +Writing file: +/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kbuild +Writing file: +/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kconfig +Would you like to add tcm_nab5000to drivers/target/Kbuild..? [yes,no]: yes +Would you like to add tcm_nab5000to drivers/target/Kconfig..? [yes,no]: yes + +At the end of tcm_mod_builder.py. the script will ask to add the following +line to drivers/target/Kbuild: + + obj-$(CONFIG_TCM_NAB5000) += tcm_nab5000/ + +and the same for drivers/target/Kconfig: + + source "drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kconfig" + +*) Run 'make menuconfig' and select the new CONFIG_TCM_NAB5000 item: + + <M> TCM_NAB5000 fabric module + +*) Build using 'make modules', once completed you will have: + +target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# ls -la drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/ +total 1348 +drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-10-05 03:23 . +drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2010-10-05 03:22 .. +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 282 2010-10-05 03:22 Kbuild +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 2010-10-05 03:22 Kconfig +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2010-10-05 03:23 modules.order +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 738 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_base.h +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9096 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_configfs.c +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191200 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000_configfs.o +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40504 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000_configfs.o.cmd +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5414 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_fabric.c +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2016 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_fabric.h +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190932 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000_fabric.o +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40713 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000_fabric.o.cmd +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 401861 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.ko +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.ko.cmd +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 459 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.mod.c +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23896 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.mod.o +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22655 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.mod.o.cmd +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 379022 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.o +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 211 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.o.cmd + +*) Load the new module, create a lun_0 configfs group, and add new TCM Core + IBLOCK backstore symlink to port: + +target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# insmod drivers/target/tcm_nab5000.ko +target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0 +target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# cd /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0/ +target:/sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0# ln -s /sys/kernel/config/target/core/iblock_0/lvm_test0 nab5000_port + +target:/sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0# cd - +target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# tree /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/ +/sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/ +|-- discovery_auth +|-- iqn.foo +| `-- tpgt_1 +| |-- acls +| |-- attrib +| |-- lun +| | `-- lun_0 +| | |-- alua_tg_pt_gp +| | |-- alua_tg_pt_offline +| | |-- alua_tg_pt_status +| | |-- alua_tg_pt_write_md +| | `-- nab5000_port -> ../../../../../../target/core/iblock_0/lvm_test0 +| |-- np +| `-- param +`-- version + +target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# lsmod +Module Size Used by +tcm_nab5000 3935 4 +iscsi_target_mod 193211 0 +target_core_stgt 8090 0 +target_core_pscsi 11122 1 +target_core_file 9172 2 +target_core_iblock 9280 1 +target_core_mod 228575 31 +tcm_nab5000,iscsi_target_mod,target_core_stgt,target_core_pscsi,target_core_file,target_core_iblock +libfc 73681 0 +scsi_debug 56265 0 +scsi_tgt 8666 1 target_core_stgt +configfs 20644 2 target_core_mod + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Future TODO items: + + *) Add more T10 proto_idents + *) Make tcm_mod_dump_fabric_ops() smarter and generate function pointer + defs directly from include/target/target_core_fabric_ops.h:struct target_core_fabric_ops + structure members. + +October 5th, 2010 +Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org> |