$ echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-proposed main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/proposed.list $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install linux-virtual $ apt-cache policy linux-virtual linux-virtual: Installed: 4.2.0.19.21 Candidate: 4.2.0.19.21 Version table: *** 4.2.0.19.21 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 4.2.0.18.20 0 500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-security/main amd64 Packages 4.2.0.16.18 0 500 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
$ sudo apt-get install open-iscsi $ sudo touch /etc/iscsi/iscsi.initramfs $ sudo update-initramfs -u -k all update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-19-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-18-generic ## iscsi_ibft and iscsi_boot_sysfs are now in /lib/modules $ find /lib/modules/ -type f | grep iscsi /lib/modules/4.2.0-18-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.2.0-18-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.2.0-18-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi_tcp.ko /lib/modules/4.2.0-18-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.ko /lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.ko /lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi_tcp.ko /lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.ko /lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.ko ## missing from 4.2.0-18-generic initramfs (old linux-virtual) $ lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-18-generic | grep iscsi lib/modules/4.2.0-18-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko lib/modules/4.2.0-18-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.ko lib/modules/4.2.0-18-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi_tcp.ko lib/modules/4.2.0-18-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.ko scripts/local-top/iscsi ## present in new from 4.2.0-19-generic $ lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-19-generic | grep iscsi lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.ko lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.ko lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi_tcp.ko lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.ko lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/kernel/drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.ko etc/initiatorname.iscsi etc/iscsi.initramfs scripts/local-top/iscsi sbin/iscsistart Then, reboot and ensure the modules load (to verify deps are present). $ uname -r 4.2.0-19-generic $ sudo modprobe iscsi_ibft $ sudo modprobe iscsi_boot_sysfs $ lsmod | grep iscsi iscsi_ibft 16384 0 iscsi_boot_sysfs 16384 1 iscsi_ibft iscsi_tcp 20480 0 libiscsi_tcp 24576 1 iscsi_tcp libiscsi 53248 2 libiscsi_tcp,iscsi_tcp scsi_transport_iscsi 102400 3 iscsi_tcp,libiscsi ** Tags removed: verification-needed-wily ** Tags added: verification-done-wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1511006 Title: move iscsi_ibft and iscsi_boot_sysfs to -virtual kernel Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Wily: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Xenial: Fix Released Bug description: Calling iscsi ibft a 'virtual' thing is a bit questionable. That said, I was looking at ibft using qemu and ipxe. The cloud images do not have the iscsi_ibft module included, so you can't read the information out of /sys/firmware/ibft until you have it. Given a iscsi target at 192.168.1.131::3260:1:mytest (format is described at http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/iscsi_boot) with a cloud image populated (or other bootable data) you can boot from that via: qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 1024 -curses \ -kernel /usr/lib/ipxe/ipxe.lkrn -append 'dhcp && sanboot iscsi:192.168.1.131::3260:1:mytest' The ipxe.lkrn file is in the 'ipxe' package, and tested above on wily. If the open-iscsi package is installed in the image and the modules available, in the initramfs you can then do: (initramfs) modprobe iscsi_ibft [ 11.444414] iBFT detected. (initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/target0/nic-assoc 0 (initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/target0/target-name mytest (initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/target0/port 3260 (initramfs) cat /sys/firmware/ibft/ethernet0/mac 52:54:00:12:34:56 (initramfs) for x in /sys/class/net/*/address; do echo $x; cat $x; done /sys/class/net/eth0/address 52:54:00:12:34:56 /sys/class/net/lo/address 00:00:00:00:00:00 Related bugs: * bug 1511008: add open-iscsi to cloud image ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: linux-image-4.2.0-16-generic 4.2.0-16.19 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64 AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Oct 27 14:58 seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Oct 27 14:58 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord' AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CRDA: N/A Date: Wed Oct 28 15:50:04 2015 Ec2AMI: ami-00000661 Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova Ec2InstanceType: m1.small Ec2Kernel: unavailable Ec2Ramdisk: None IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig' Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: OpenStack Foundation OpenStack Nova PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=screen PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic root=LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-16-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-16-generic N/A linux-firmware N/A RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill' SourcePackage: linux UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS dmi.bios.version: 1.7.5-20150310_111955-batsu dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-utopic dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvr1.7.5-20150310_111955-batsu:bd04/01/2014:svnOpenStackFoundation:pnOpenStackNova:pvr2015.1.1:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-utopic: dmi.product.name: OpenStack Nova dmi.product.version: 2015.1.1 dmi.sys.vendor: OpenStack Foundation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1511006/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp