[Bug 623462] Re: install to iSCSI target does not pick up iSCSI parameters from iBFT

[Josef Möllers]

Apart from the suggested addition of iscsi_ibft, IMHO there is some code required to actually use that information.
I humbly offer the attached patch to use the information provided by the ibft to set up the iSCSI interface.

It is not perfect, though, because if /sys/firmware/ibft/ethernet0/dhcp
is not "0.0.0.0", dhclient3 would need to be started as well so the
lease would be refreshed.

Adding iscsi_ibft and this patch caused my BX924 blade server to boot
Ubuntu Server 12.04.

** Attachment added: "patch.iscsi"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-iscsi/+bug/623462/+attachment/3245841/+files/patch.iscsi

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Title:
  install to iSCSI target does not pick up iSCSI parameters from iBFT

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  New
Status in “partman-iscsi” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: base-installer

  Installing 10.04.1 server to iSCSI target on a machine with BIOS iSCSI
  initiator support (IBM HX5 blade), the installer prompts for iSCSI
  parameters (initiator ID, target ID, etc) even though those parameters
  are available in the iBFT table.  Other linux distros pick up this
  information automatically,

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