From: Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:44:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oeh4bxrs.fsf@coraid.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 41B6D11D.9040107@hist.no
Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@hist.no> writes:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
>
>>
>>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.
...
> Well, how about caching the hw address of the AoE device
> somewhere in the data structure describing the block device?
> Then you won't need to ARP for it, and I guess that address isn't
> likely to change while the device is in use?
The ATA over Ethernet protocol doesn't use IP addresses, so there's no
need to use ARP. Pavel Machek appears to be noting that because ARP
is not needed, AoE may be easier to do in situations where memory is
scarce.
--
Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-08 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-06 15:51 [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9 Ed L Cashin
2004-12-06 16:14 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-10 16:19 ` Ed L Cashin
2004-12-06 16:21 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-12-06 16:11 ` Alan Cox
2004-12-06 17:06 ` Ed L Cashin
2004-12-07 13:00 ` Pavel Machek
2004-12-08 10:02 ` Helge Hafting
2004-12-08 15:44 ` Ed L Cashin [this message]
2004-12-08 15:53 ` Pavel Machek
2004-12-06 16:28 ` Adam Heath
2004-12-06 16:45 ` Ed L Cashin
2004-12-06 16:09 ` Alan Cox
2004-12-06 17:10 ` Adam Heath
2004-12-06 21:54 ` Greg KH
2004-12-09 15:48 ` Ed L Cashin
2004-12-09 16:37 ` Greg KH
2004-12-09 15:57 ` Ed L Cashin
2004-12-09 16:40 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <87zn0n5vyd.fsf@coraid.com>
2004-12-09 16:42 ` Greg KH
2004-12-08 9:53 ` Pekka Enberg
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