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[Bug 1511006] [NEW] move iscsi_ibft and iscsi_boot_sysfs to -virtual kernel

 

Public bug reported:

Calling iscsi ibft a 'virtual' thing is a bit questionable.

That said, I was looking at ibft using qemu and ipxe.  The cloud images
do not have the iscsi_ibft module included, so you can't read the
information out of /sys/firmware/ibft until you have it.

Given a iscsi target at 192.168.1.131::3260:1:mytest (format is
described at http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/iscsi_boot)  with a cloud
image populated (or other bootable data) you can boot from that via:

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 1024 -curses \
   -kernel /usr/lib/ipxe/ipxe.lkrn  -append 'dhcp && sanboot iscsi:192.168.1.131::3260:1:mytest'

The ipxe.lkrn file is in the 'ipxe' package, and tested above on wily.

If the open-iscsi package is installed in the image and the modules
available, in the initramfs you can then do:

(initramfs) modprobe iscsi_ibft
[   11.444414] iBFT detected.
(initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/target0/nic-assoc
0
(initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/target0/target-name
mytest
(initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/target0/port
3260
(initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/ethernet0/mac
52:54:00:12:34:56
(initramfs) for x in /sys/class/net/*/address; do echo $x; cat $x; done
/sys/class/net/eth0/address
52:54:00:12:34:56
/sys/class/net/lo/address
00:00:00:00:00:00

Related bugs:
 * bug 1511008:  add open-iscsi to cloud image 

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: linux-image-4.2.0-16-generic 4.2.0-16.19
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
AlsaDevices:
 total 0
 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 Oct 27 14:58 seq
 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Oct 27 14:58 timer
AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay'
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord'
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
CRDA: N/A
Date: Wed Oct 28 15:50:04 2015
Ec2AMI: ami-00000661
Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME
Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova
Ec2InstanceType: m1.small
Ec2Kernel: unavailable
Ec2Ramdisk: None
IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig'
Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: OpenStack Foundation OpenStack Nova
PciMultimedia:

ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic root=LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-16-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-16-generic  N/A
 linux-firmware                            N/A
RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill'
SourcePackage: linux
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS
dmi.bios.version: 1.7.5-20150310_111955-batsu
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU
dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-utopic
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvr1.7.5-20150310_111955-batsu:bd04/01/2014:svnOpenStackFoundation:pnOpenStackNova:pvr2015.1.1:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-utopic:
dmi.product.name: OpenStack Nova
dmi.product.version: 2015.1.1
dmi.sys.vendor: OpenStack Foundation

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ec2-images wily

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Title:
  move iscsi_ibft and iscsi_boot_sysfs to -virtual kernel

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Calling iscsi ibft a 'virtual' thing is a bit questionable.

  That said, I was looking at ibft using qemu and ipxe.  The cloud
  images do not have the iscsi_ibft module included, so you can't read
  the information out of /sys/firmware/ibft until you have it.

  Given a iscsi target at 192.168.1.131::3260:1:mytest (format is
  described at http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/iscsi_boot)  with a
  cloud image populated (or other bootable data) you can boot from that
  via:

  qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 1024 -curses \
     -kernel /usr/lib/ipxe/ipxe.lkrn  -append 'dhcp && sanboot iscsi:192.168.1.131::3260:1:mytest'

  The ipxe.lkrn file is in the 'ipxe' package, and tested above on wily.

  If the open-iscsi package is installed in the image and the modules
  available, in the initramfs you can then do:

  (initramfs) modprobe iscsi_ibft
  [   11.444414] iBFT detected.
  (initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/target0/nic-assoc
  0
  (initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/target0/target-name
  mytest
  (initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/target0/port
  3260
  (initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/ethernet0/mac
  52:54:00:12:34:56
  (initramfs) for x in /sys/class/net/*/address; do echo $x; cat $x; done
  /sys/class/net/eth0/address
  52:54:00:12:34:56
  /sys/class/net/lo/address
  00:00:00:00:00:00

  Related bugs:
   * bug 1511008:  add open-iscsi to cloud image 

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: linux-image-4.2.0-16-generic 4.2.0-16.19
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
  AlsaDevices:
   total 0
   crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 Oct 27 14:58 seq
   crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Oct 27 14:58 timer
  AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay'
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord'
  AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
  CRDA: N/A
  Date: Wed Oct 28 15:50:04 2015
  Ec2AMI: ami-00000661
  Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME
  Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova
  Ec2InstanceType: m1.small
  Ec2Kernel: unavailable
  Ec2Ramdisk: None
  IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig'
  Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MachineType: OpenStack Foundation OpenStack Nova
  PciMultimedia:

  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=screen
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB:

  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic root=LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-16-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-16-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            N/A
  RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill'
  SourcePackage: linux
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS
  dmi.bios.version: 1.7.5-20150310_111955-batsu
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU
  dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-utopic
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvr1.7.5-20150310_111955-batsu:bd04/01/2014:svnOpenStackFoundation:pnOpenStackNova:pvr2015.1.1:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-utopic:
  dmi.product.name: OpenStack Nova
  dmi.product.version: 2015.1.1
  dmi.sys.vendor: OpenStack Foundation

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