From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: SATA "target mode" (or "Channel-to-Channel" comm mode)
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:38:06 -0500
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James Bottomley wrote:
> Yes, but SG_IO began life as being entirely SCSI specific, but it's now
> the block packet infrastructure.  I don't think anyone has an objection
> to the SCSI target infrastructure becoming block target
> infrastructure ... the fields can be made optional or more generic to
> further this.  Probably it should speak a generic packet with a protocol
> identifier and let the user space sort out the details.

Agreed...

	Jeff