From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261156AbULHJFn (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 04:05:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261157AbULHJFn (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 04:05:43 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:1740 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261156AbULHJF2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 04:05:28 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:00:15 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9 Message-ID: <20041207130015.GA983@openzaurus.ucw.cz> References: <87acsrqval.fsf@coraid.com> <20041206162153.GH16958@lug-owl.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041206162153.GH16958@lug-owl.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > The included patch allows the Linux kernel to use the ATA over > > Ethernet (AoE) network protocol to communicate with any block device > > that handles the AoE protocol. The Coraid EtherDrive (R) Storage > > Blade is the first hardware using AoE. > > > > Like IP, AoE is an ethernet-level network protocol, registered with > > the IEEE. Unlike IP, AoE is not routable. > > So AoE is out of scope for many uses... Well, at least it has a chance to correctly work in low-memory conditions, and it might be possible to swap over AoE. ARPs are real problem there. Pavel -- 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms