[ipxe-devel] [iSCSI][UEFI] Filesystem protocol

[Pierre GAGELIN]

Hello again,

I managed to get my hands on a hardware with iSCSI configuration available.
The result was the same. But I found that the problem came from the LUN
value. It was set to zero and I guess it came to conflict with another
default SCSI disk with that LUN number (0 is the mandatory LUN value for
the first disk connected if I correctly understood)

Once correctly configured with a LUN value set to 1, BLOCK IO and
FILESYSTEM protocols were automatically added as I thought it should be. So
everything is fine for me

Thank you,
Pierre GAGELIN

Le lun. 30 nov. 2020 à 20:39, Pierre GAGELIN <pierre.gagelin at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Hello,
>
> I'm having a hard time trying to understand some mechanics around iSCSI. I
> managed to make iPXE work for sanboot, sanhook. Everything works just fine.
> For my personal understanding I'm trying to write an EDKII app that does
> the same. Here is what I do :
> - set an environment with DHCP and *iSCSI* server
> - build the OVMF.fd UEFI firmware from EDKII
> - run *QEMU* with that UEFI firmware and configure iSCSI parameters
> - boot QEMU from a disk where I put my EDKII app
>
> With all this I can :
>
> - see iSCSI connected by firmware before starting my app (with a wireshark)
> - start my app
> - locate a new SCSI IO protocol handle available
>
> But *my problem* is that I don't find any new BLOCK IO protocol or
> FILESYSTEM protocol as I was expecting. I thought that the firmware would
> automatically expose BLOCK IO and FILESYSTEM IO protocols as it got the new
> SCSI IO protocol (as both are supposed to be built on top of it?). Also,
> those new protocols should be installed on the same handle as the one
> having the SCSI IO protocol, right?
>
> I looked into the iPXE source to find some answers about how you do it. I
> found that you *manually* declared a BLOCK IO protocol and a FILESYSTEM
> protocol seem to appear. Is that really how it's supposed to be done? When
> I read
> https://edk2-docs.gitbook.io/edk-ii-uefi-driver-writer-s-guide/20_scsi_driver_design_guidelines/readme.3
> I get the feeling that it should be automatic
>
> Is this behavior somewhat related to the fact that when QEMU does network
> operation the firmware that runs is iPXE and not a traditional network
> card? I might soon be able to get my hands on a hardware that can do iSCSI
> to check if the behavior is the same
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration,
> Pierre
>
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