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Install and setup problem

2008-01-29T12:32:24Z

Can anyone tell me the work around or fix for the following?

Installed linux-iscsi-module-2.4.21-9.0.1 (EL and ELsmp) now trying to install linux-iscsi-check_module-3.4.2-1.i386.rpm and get:

error: Failed dependancies
kernel-source is needed by linux-iscsi-check_module-3.4.2-1
Suggested resolutions: /var/spool/up2date/kernel-source-2.4.21-50.EL.i386.rpm

This is on an RHEL3.3 with kernel 2.4.21-53. Forgive my ignorance if this is something basic, but been racking my pea brain and cannot come up with a solution.

Thanks

kernel identification probs?

2007-04-20T18:24:15Z

[root@BB-AL01-sv40-SM src]# rpm -i linux-iscsi-module-2.4.20-30.9-3.4.2-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
kernel = 2.4.20-30.9 is needed by linux-iscsi-module-2.4.20-30.9-3.4.2-1
[root@BB-AL01-sv40-SM src]# uname -a
Linux BB-AL01-sv40-SM.xxx.com 2.4.21-4.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Oct 3 17:52:56 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@BB-AL01-sv40-SM src]#

SCSI write commands limited to 4kb record size

2007-01-17T13:30:19Z

Fedora core 5, Kernel 2.6.15 - Attempting to write a block greater than 4kb causes the OS to hang for a very long time. Eventually the OS will partially recover (mouse pointer will unfreeze, keyboard will work...but iSCSI services will not run and I have been unable to start iSCSI services without rebooting the system).
This is a problem when attempting to write to an iSCSI attached tape drive as the backup software I am using (HP Data Protector Express) writes exclusively in 64kb blocks.
This problem only occurs when writing above 4kb; reading at 64kb works fine.

Compiling / Installing on RH 9 Uniprocessor Kernel

2006-11-22T16:58:03Z

Hi,

I'm trying to install and compile 3.6.3 onto Red Hat 9 (Shrike) running on the Uniprocessor kernel.

The make and make install phase seems to go ok apart from warnings that the compilation will be against kernel 2.4.20-8 and I am running 2.4.20-8custom. Interestingly this isn't a custom kernel but a standard one of the Red Hat CD.

When I then try the command "service start iscsi" it fails and in the /var/log/iscsi.log I get the following:

[root@server-08 linux-iscsi-3.6.3]# more /var/log/iscsi.log

/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/misc/iscsi_sfnet.o: kernel-module version mismatch
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/misc/iscsi_sfnet.o was compiled for kernel version
2.4.20-8smp
while this kernel is version 2.4.20-8.
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/misc/iscsi_sfnet.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/misc/iscs
i_sfnet.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/misc/iscsi_sfnet.o: insmod iscsi_sfnet failed

I have tried setting the KERNEL_CONFIG line as follows in the Makefile and it's not helped:

KERNEL_CONFIG:=/boot/config-2.4.20-8

Anyone any ideas on this please?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Lee.

Complie on Mandriva 2006.0

2006-10-18T22:22:29Z

Im tring to compile on Mandriva 2006.0 and im getting
this error:

in.c
cc ietd.o iscsid.o conn.o session.o target.o message.o
ctldev.o log.o isns.o chap.o event.o param.o plain.o -o
ietd -lcrypto
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcrypto
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [ietd] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/jason/iscsitarget-0.4.13/usr'
make: *** [progs] Error 2

openssl is install to /usr/local/include/openssl

what am i missing???

Install linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363 on FC4

2006-07-18T05:26:57Z

I have installed linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363
successfully,but when I execute "service iscsi
start",I am facing following error:
Starting iSCSI: iscsiFATAL: Module iscsi_sfnet not
found.
Could not load module iscsi_sfnet.o

Is there someone can help me ?
Thanks!

Kernel Panic when doing sg IO >4k over iscsi

2006-03-01T01:17:23Z

I am running FC4 (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4) and have compiled
the linux-iscsi.4.0.2.2 driver for that kernel.

I know I should probably be using the open-iscsi but at
this point in the game it is not an option or one that
I really dont want to take.

The target is an Overland REO 4000 virtual tape
device....has to be a tape device, panic does not
happen with disk devices. When I use sg_utils
(sg_test_rwbuf) command to issue a w/r greater than a
page (4k) the system panics. I can do =<4k sg io all
day without issue. This only happens when the iSCSI
connection is across an gigE link....does not happen
when connection is across an 10/100 link. NIC's, both
10/100 and GIG, are Intel MB embedded adapters using
the e100 and e1000 respectively. Attached is a capture
of the call trace. This one has me twisting.....ugh!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Godfrey

sg_utils call:

./sg_test_rwbuf --size=4096 /dev/sg0 count=5 => this works
./sg_test_rwbuf --size=8192 /dev/sg0 count=5 => this panics

Request for tools that compile against 2.6.15.2

2006-01-31T20:48:50Z

Thank you for taking your time to write this code.

I have a humble request. Please maintain a set of
tools that will complile against the mainline kernel,
say for example 2.6.15.2 (for example), either via
patch, cvs, or a seperate release for just the tools
that match the current kernel. It seems like the there
are patches going into the Linux kernel, but I don't
know what tools they match.

The varients that didn't work include the last for
experimental versions.

I was working on a project to mirror 2 9TB sata
hardware raid servers using iscsi via this code and
enterprise target with raid 1 on top on 64bit hardware.
Unfortunatly the project was canned due to time
constraints. I did get it to run with core 4's
2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp and linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363
after applying the included patch against the 2.6.11
kernel, but would get page errors and a kernel panic
when I pounded on the raid 1 (on top of iscsi) array
with bonnie++.

The bad news is I no longer have access to the
hardware. I cannot post reports. :(

If I had spent less time fooling with versions I could
have made more progess with debuging.

I'll try again soon with my own personal lesser hardware.

Thanks for your heroic efforts.

Matt

iSCSI & 2.6.14

2005-11-21T22:40:36Z

I'd like to be able to use this driver with the 2.6.14
version of the linux kernel. I tried the most recent
5.0 that's on the download page, and I get the
following errors:

make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=`pwd`
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.14'
LD
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/built-in.o
CC [M]
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.o
In file included from include/linux/rtnetlink.h:4,
from include/net/dst.h:12,
from include/net/sock.h:55,
from include/linux/tcp.h:180,
from include/net/tcp.h:26,
from
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:25:
include/linux/netlink.h:15:1: warning: "NETLINK_ISCSI"
redefined
<command line>:2:1: warning: this is the location of
the previous definition
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:
In function `iscsi_recv_pdu':
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:357:
error: too few arguments to function `__nlmsg_put'
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:
In function `iscsi_conn_error':
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:393:
error: too few arguments to function `__nlmsg_put'
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:
In function `iscsi_if_send_reply':
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:429:
error: too few arguments to function `__nlmsg_put'
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:
In function `iscsi_if_get_stats':
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:765:
error: too few arguments to function `__nlmsg_put'
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:
In function `iscsi_transport_init':
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:1233:
warning: passing arg 2 of `netlink_kernel_create' makes
integer from pointer without a cast
/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.c:1233:
error: too few arguments to function
`netlink_kernel_create'
make[3]: ***
[/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel/scsi_transport_iscsi.o]
Error 1
make[2]: ***
[_module_/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel]
Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.14'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/root/iscsi/linux-iscsi-5.0.0.0.3rc6-363/kernel'
make: *** [all] Error 2

RHEL 4 w/ Kernel 2.6.9-5 won't compile 4.0.1.6 HELP!!

2005-10-21T00:07:34Z

Hi everyone,

I am trying to install the iSCSI 4.0.1.6 on RHEL4 w/
kernel 4.0.1.6 . When compiling the file (type
''make'), it gives me so many errors on
iscsi-initiator.c . I was thinking to put the Kernel
path and config to /lib/modules/2.6.9-5.EL/build/ and
/lib/modules/2.6.9-5.EL/build/.config respectively, but
it didn't fix the problems. Any help would be
appreciated. Thank you.

Jeffry Hidayat
Overland Storage, Inc.
Software Test Engineer
jhidayat@overlandstorage.com