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: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:45:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sm6jpe8o.fsf@coraid.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.58.0412061027510.2173@gradall.private.brainfood.com
Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> writes:
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Ed L Cashin wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> AoE devices on the LAN are accessable as block devices and can be used
>> with filesystems, Software RAID, LVM, etc.
>>
>> Like IP, AoE is an ethernet-level network protocol, registered with
>> the IEEE. Unlike IP, AoE is not routable.
>>
>> This patch is released under the terms of the GPL.
>>
>> (We also have an AoE driver for the 2.4 kernel that we plan to release
>> soon.)
>
> Is there a free server for this?
Are you asking whether anybody has written software that allows a
network host to export block storage using AoE? Not yet, as far as I
know.
--
Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-06 16:46 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
2004-12-08 15:53 ` Pavel Machek
2004-12-06 16:28 ` Adam Heath
2004-12-06 16:45 ` Ed L Cashin [this message]
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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