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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:42:24 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@lsi.com>
To: "Olien, David" <David.Olien@lsi.com>
Cc: "Kumar, Raj" <Raj.Kumar@lsi.com>, "Scheer, Larry" <Larry.Scheer@lsi.com>
Subject: Re: NFS root filesystem for tuxstor
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:28:31 -0600 "Olien, David" <David.Olien@lsi.com>
wrote:

> Thanks!
> 
> I think the only questions I have left are about kernel versions.
> 
> Looks like "make release PROD=tx VARIANT=dbg" builds a debug kernel
> for Running on the 8 fp/tx cores, the tuxrx kernel.

                     4 txrx  cores, the tuxstor kernel.

> Do I also need to replace the kernel that runs on the SSC?
> If I do, how do I build that kernel.
> 
> I'm guessing that the kernel that runs on my cougar's SSC NOW
> Is OK for loading the tuxrx kernel and starting it running.
> So I would be able to ssh into that kernel.
> 
> But if I wanted to use the mgmt_bus, that's probably
> Changed, so I would need a new cougar SSC kernel to go with
> The tuxrx kernel.  
> 
> Trying
> 
> "make release PROD=cg VARIANT=dbg"
> 
> Fails with compile errors, as does
> 
> "make release PROD=ssc VARIANT=dbg"
> 
> In the neteee code.
> 
> dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Sharp [mailto:andy.sharp@lsi.com] 
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 5:27 PM
> To: Olien, David
> Cc: Kumar, Raj; Scheer, Larry
> Subject: NFS root filesystem for tuxstor
> 
> OK, Here is a blanked NFS root filesystem for tuxstor:
> 
> http://ripper.onstor.net/tuxstor/tuxstor-blank-nfsroot.tgz
> 
> Download it and untar it on your NFS server:
> 
>     1.  mkdir <path to root of nfs root>
>     2.  cd <path to root of nfs root>
>     3.  tar zxf <path to tuxstor-blank-nfsroot.tgz that you
> downloaded> 4.  edit etc/fstab to be correct.  Right now it's got a
> downloaded> bogus
>         entry for the root filesystem.  The IP address in question
>         is that of your NFS server.
> 
> Build a kernel using the tuxstor-config config file from the kernel
> directory in the tuxrx branch.  Copy tuxstor-config to .config, then
> edit CONFIG_CMDLINE to have the correct IP addresses for your tuxstor
> image, for the NFS server, and any gateway/router that might be
> important to the running tuxstor image.  Documentation on this command
> line can be found in the Documentation directory in the kernel
> directory, which is where your CWD is right now.
> 
> Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> 
> This concludes the portion of the story to get your kernel and NFS
> root going.  Larry and company will have more for you concerning how
> to get the kernel loaded by the SSC user-space facility for doing
> that, and so forth.  If it turns out there is anything missing from
> this rootfs, I will send everyone a ping after I've updated it.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> a
