From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261561AbULFQqH (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:46:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261554AbULFQqH (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:46:07 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:7564 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261561AbULFQp2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:45:28 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Ed L Cashin Subject: Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9 Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:45:27 -0500 Message-ID: <87sm6jpe8o.fsf@coraid.com> References: <87acsrqval.fsf@coraid.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-34-230-221.asm.bellsouth.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KAV+JO2vrQ2Bf6BAXthf5vpMYk8= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Adam Heath 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