Re: [RFC-v2 12/12] iscsi-target: Add Makefile/Kconfig and updateTCM top level

[Nicholas A. Bellinger]

On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 02:03 +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> 
> > From: Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> [...]
> > diff --git a/drivers/target/Makefile b/drivers/target/Makefile
> > index 60028fe..b038b7d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/target/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/target/Makefile
> > @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TCM_PSCSI)		+= target_core_pscsi.o
> >  
> >  # Fabric modules
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_TCM_LOOP_FABRIC)	+= tcm_loop/
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_ISCSI_TARGET)	+= iscsi/
> > diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/Kconfig b/drivers/target/iscsi/Kconfig
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..cc34243
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/Kconfig
> > @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
> > +config ISCSI_TARGET
> > +	tristate "Linux-iSCSI.org iSCSI Target Mode Stack"
> > +	select CRYPTO
> > +	select CRYPTO_CRC32C
> > +	select CRYPTO_CRC32C_INTEL if X86
> > +	help
> > +	Say Y here to enable the ConfigFS enabled Linux-iSCSI.org iSCSI
> > +	Target Mode Stack.
> > +
> > +if ISCSI_TARGET
> > +
> > +config ISCSI_TARGET_DEBUG
> > +	bool "LIO-Target iscsi_debug.h ring buffer messages"
> > +	help
> > +	Say Y here to enable the legacy DEBUG_ISCSI macros in iscsi_debug.h
> > +
> > +endif
> [...]
> 
> Perhaps this is a stupid question, but if these are "legacy" macros, why 
> not save our users from having to deal with a new config option that is 
> presumably going to go away again soon-ish and instead make those legacy 
> macros go away sooner rather than later?
> 

A fair point here.  Perhaps calling them 'legacy' is a bit harsh, as
these are still useful for short-term v4.1 iSCSI target debugging
purposes.  In the long run these do need to be converted to use debugfs
(along with the rest of drivers/target/ as well), but this is currently
a lower priority item on the TODO for the initial merge.

Best Regards,

--nab

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