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2 The TCM v4 fabric module script generator
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7 This document is intended to be a mini-HOWTO for using the tcm_mod_builder.py
8 script to generate a brand new functional TCM v4 fabric .ko module of your very own,
9 that once built can be immediately be loaded to start access the new TCM/ConfigFS
10 fabric skeleton, by simply using::
13 mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/target/$TCM_NEW_MOD
15 This script will create a new drivers/target/$TCM_NEW_MOD/, and will do the following
17 1) Generate new API callers for drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configs.c logic
18 ->make_tpg(), ->drop_tpg(), ->make_wwn(), ->drop_wwn(). These are created
19 into $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_configfs.c
20 2) Generate basic infrastructure for loading/unloading LKMs and TCM/ConfigFS fabric module
21 using a skeleton struct target_core_fabric_ops API template.
22 3) Based on user defined T10 Proto_Ident for the new fabric module being built,
23 the TransportID / Initiator and Target WWPN related handlers for
24 SPC-3 persistent reservation are automatically generated in $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_fabric.c
25 using drivers/target/target_core_fabric_lib.c logic.
26 4) NOP API calls for all other Data I/O path and fabric dependent attribute logic
27 in $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_fabric.c
29 tcm_mod_builder.py depends upon the mandatory '-p $PROTO_IDENT' and '-m
30 $FABRIC_MOD_name' parameters, and actually running the script looks like::
32 target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target# python tcm_mod_builder.py -p iSCSI -m tcm_nab5000
33 tcm_dir: /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../
34 Set fabric_mod_name: tcm_nab5000
36 /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000
37 Using proto_ident: iSCSI
38 Creating fabric_mod_dir:
39 /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000
41 /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_base.h
42 Using tcm_mod_scan_fabric_ops:
43 /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../include/target/target_core_fabric_ops.h
45 /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_fabric.c
47 /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_fabric.h
49 /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_configfs.c
51 /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kbuild
53 /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kconfig
54 Would you like to add tcm_nab5000to drivers/target/Kbuild..? [yes,no]: yes
55 Would you like to add tcm_nab5000to drivers/target/Kconfig..? [yes,no]: yes
57 At the end of tcm_mod_builder.py. the script will ask to add the following
58 line to drivers/target/Kbuild::
60 obj-$(CONFIG_TCM_NAB5000) += tcm_nab5000/
62 and the same for drivers/target/Kconfig::
64 source "drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kconfig"
66 #) Run 'make menuconfig' and select the new CONFIG_TCM_NAB5000 item::
68 <M> TCM_NAB5000 fabric module
70 #) Build using 'make modules', once completed you will have::
72 target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# ls -la drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/
74 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-10-05 03:23 .
75 drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2010-10-05 03:22 ..
76 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 282 2010-10-05 03:22 Kbuild
77 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 2010-10-05 03:22 Kconfig
78 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2010-10-05 03:23 modules.order
79 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 738 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_base.h
80 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9096 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_configfs.c
81 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191200 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000_configfs.o
82 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40504 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000_configfs.o.cmd
83 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5414 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_fabric.c
84 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2016 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_fabric.h
85 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190932 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000_fabric.o
86 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40713 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000_fabric.o.cmd
87 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 401861 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.ko
88 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.ko.cmd
89 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 459 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.mod.c
90 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23896 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.mod.o
91 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22655 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.mod.o.cmd
92 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 379022 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.o
93 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 211 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.o.cmd
95 #) Load the new module, create a lun_0 configfs group, and add new TCM Core
96 IBLOCK backstore symlink to port::
98 target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# insmod drivers/target/tcm_nab5000.ko
99 target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0
100 target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# cd /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0/
101 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
103 target:/sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0# cd -
104 target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# tree /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/
105 /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/
113 | | |-- alua_tg_pt_gp
114 | | |-- alua_tg_pt_offline
115 | | |-- alua_tg_pt_status
116 | | |-- alua_tg_pt_write_md
117 | | `-- nab5000_port -> ../../../../../../target/core/iblock_0/lvm_test0
122 target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# lsmod
125 iscsi_target_mod 193211 0
126 target_core_stgt 8090 0
127 target_core_pscsi 11122 1
128 target_core_file 9172 2
129 target_core_iblock 9280 1
130 target_core_mod 228575 31
131 tcm_nab5000,iscsi_target_mod,target_core_stgt,target_core_pscsi,target_core_file,target_core_iblock
134 scsi_tgt 8666 1 target_core_stgt
135 configfs 20644 2 target_core_mod
137 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
142 1) Add more T10 proto_idents
143 2) Make tcm_mod_dump_fabric_ops() smarter and generate function pointer
144 defs directly from include/target/target_core_fabric_ops.h:struct target_core_fabric_ops
149 Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>