[oe] linux-omap-psp-2.6.32 breaks iscsi-target

[J. L.]

Why is it bad to expect all packages build for all the machine/distro
? I would think that would be a more "ideal" situation especially if
its a supported machine and distro



On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Philip Balister <philip at balister.org> wrote:
> On 08/30/2010 02:35 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
>>
>> 2010/8/30 Philip Balister<philip at balister.org>:
>>>
>>> On 08/30/2010 01:47 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The current beagleboard angstrom and minimal distro's (and maybe
>>>> others) use the linux-omap-psp_2.6.32.bb recipe to build the kernel.
>>>
>>> What is iscsi and why would I need it on the Beagleboard?
>>
>> http://stgt.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> the pacakge is from
>> http://iscsitarget.sourceforge.net/
>> It is used by tgt (http://stgt.sourceforge.net/)
>>
>> with it you can e.g. mount an iscsi disk.
>> iscsi is for instance also supported by windows 7 and by various NAS-es.
>> Its throughput is better than Samba or NFS.
>>
>> So for beagle it could act as mechanism to e.g. retrieve content from a
>> NAS.
>
> So the trade off is a kernel that has the best chance of fully supporting
> the OMAP3 peripherals, or attaching to a NAS that is windows centric.
>
> The point I am trying to make is we can't expect all packages to build for
> every MACHINE/DISTRO combination. People have to make tradeoffs.
>
> Philip
>
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