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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man3/libiscsi.3 b/static/netbsd/man3/libiscsi.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8035274d --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man3/libiscsi.3 @@ -0,0 +1,162 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: libiscsi.3,v 1.8 2014/03/18 18:20:36 riastradh Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2009 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This manual page is derived from software contributed to The +.\" NetBSD Foundation by Alistair Crooks (agc@NetBSD.org) +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd February 19, 2011 +.Dt LIBISCSI 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm libiscsi +.Nd iSCSI network storage protocol implementation +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libiscsi +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In iscsi.h +.Ft int +.Fo iscsi_target_set_defaults +.Fa "iscsi_target_t *target" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo iscsi_target_start +.Fa "iscsi_target_t *target" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo iscsi_target_listen +.Fa "iscsi_target_t *target" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo iscsi_target_shutdown +.Fa "iscsi_target_t *target" +.Fc +.Ft void +.Fo iscsi_target_write_pidfile +.Fa "const char *filename" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo iscsi_target_setvar +.Fa "iscsi_target_t *target" "const char *name" "const char *value" +.Fc +.Ft char * +.Fo iscsi_target_getvar +.Fa "iscsi_target_t *target" "const char *name" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo iscsi_initiator_set_defaults +.Fa "iscsi_initiator_t *initiator" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo iscsi_initiator_start +.Fa "iscsi_initiator_t *initiator" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo iscsi_initiator_discover +.Fa "iscsi_initiator_t *initiator" "char *x" "uint64_t a" "int b" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo iscsi_initiator_shutdown +.Fa "iscsi_initiator_t *initiator" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo iscsi_initiator_setvar +.Fa "iscsi_initiator_t *initiator" "const char *name" "const char *value" +.Fc +.Ft char * +.Fo iscsi_initiator_getvar +.Fa "iscsi_initiator_t *initiator" "const char *name" +.Fc +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a library interface to the iSCSI target and initiator. +This conforms to IETF RFC 3720. +The corresponding command line utilities for +.Nm +are +.Xr iscsi-initiator 8 +and +.Xr iscsi-target 8 . +.Pp +In normal operation, a process acting as +a target (i.e. presenting storage to the network) +will call +.Fn iscsi_target_set_defaults +and will then set various values using the +.Fn iscsi_target_setvar +function. +The value of a variable can be retrieved +at any time using the +.Fn iscsi_target_getvar +function. +When all of the variables have been set, +the +.Fn iscsi_target_start +function is called, and the block storage will be +served up by the process. +.Pp +A useful illustration of the use of these functions +can be found in the source code to the +.Xr iscsi-target 8 +utility. +.Pp +The +.Nm +library also provides an implementation of the client +end of the iSCSI subsystem, which is known as the +initiator. +The process acting as an initiator will first call the +.Fn iscsi_initiator_set_defaults +function, to set default values for the initiator variables. +Once all the values have been set to the user preferences +using the +.Fn iscsi_initiator_setvar +function, then the +.Fn iscsi_initiator_start +function is called. +.Pp +The +.Nm +library can be used to perform iSCSI device discovery +by calling the +.Fn iscsi_initiator_discovery +function. +This will return a list of all the iSCSI targets which +are serving up block storage according to the variables +which have already been set. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr iscsi-initiator 8 , +.Xr iscsi-target 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +library first appeared in +.Nx 4.0 . +This programmatic interface to the +iSCSI subsystem +first appeared in +.Nx 6.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Alistair Crooks Aq Mt agc@NetBSD.org . |
