** Description changed: [Impact] - * It's not possible to access iBFT (iSCSI Boot Firmware Table) information - (settings for network interface, initiator, and target) in the installer - because the 'iscsi_ibft' module is not present in udeb packages. + * It's not possible to access iBFT (iSCSI Boot Firmware Table) information + (settings for network interface, initiator, and target) in the installer + because the 'iscsi_ibft' module is not present in udeb packages. - * Even if it was, the installer does not handle iBFT information at all, - thus any settings are ignored, and iSCSI-related configuration has to - be done manually or with workarounds. + * Even if it was, the installer does not handle iBFT information at all, + thus any settings are ignored, and iSCSI-related configuration has to + be done manually or with workarounds. - * This impacts user-experience and automatic installation on systems and - deployments which actually do provide the iBFT feature and information, - but cannot use it practically. + * This impacts user-experience and automatic installation on systems and + deployments which actually do provide the iBFT feature and information, + but cannot use it practically. - * With proper iBFT support in the installer (kernel module in udeb package - and automatic iSCSI-related configuration) users will be able to rely on - iBFT to install/deploy Ubuntu on their servers and datacenters. + * With proper iBFT support in the installer (kernel module in udeb package + and automatic iSCSI-related configuration) users will be able to rely on + iBFT to install/deploy Ubuntu on their servers and datacenters. - * These fixes add the 'iscsi_ibft' kernel module in the scsi-modules udeb, - and configure network/iSCSI according to iBFT information in disk-detect. + * These fixes add the 'iscsi_ibft' kernel module in the scsi-modules udeb, + and configure network/iSCSI according to iBFT information in disk-detect. - This is done in disk-detect so that the iSCSI LUNs are detected as disks - (useful in case of no other disks in the system so the installer doesn't - complain nor wait too long) and that any partman-related preseed options - are not required and may be still available for the user. + This is done in disk-detect so that the iSCSI LUNs are detected as disks + (useful in case of no other disks in the system so the installer doesn't + complain nor wait too long) and that any partman-related preseed options + are not required and may be still available for the user. [Test Case] - * linux package / kernel module in udeb: + * linux package / kernel module in udeb: - $ dpkg-deb -c scsi-modules_*.udeb | grep iscsi_ibft.ko + $ dpkg-deb -c scsi-modules_*.udeb | grep iscsi_ibft.ko - Check the module loads in the installer environment. - See comment with example for disco. + Check the module loads in the installer environment. + See comment with example for disco. - * d-i/hw-detect package: - (to be done) + * d-i/hw-detect/partman-iscsi package: + (to be done) [Regression Potential] - * linux package: low, the kernel module is not loaded by default, - and only checks whether iBFT information is present in firmware, - then exposes that in sysfs in read-only mode. + * linux package: low, the kernel module is not loaded by default, + and only checks whether iBFT information is present in firmware, + then exposes that in sysfs in read-only mode. - * d-i/hw-detect: - (to be done) + * d-i/hw-detect/partman-iscsi: + (to be done) [Other Info] - - * This has been verified both by the developer with a simple iSCSI - iBFT environment (2 VMs: iSCSI target & initiator with UEFI+iPXE) - and by an user with system/firmware that supports iBFT for iSCSI. + + * This has been verified both by the developer with a simple iSCSI + iBFT environment (2 VMs: iSCSI target & initiator with UEFI+iPXE) + and by an user with system/firmware that supports iBFT for iSCSI.
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