From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Bottomley Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibmvscsi driver Date: 09 Feb 2004 16:55:03 -0500 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <1076363704.1804.48.camel@mulgrave> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from stat1.steeleye.com ([65.114.3.130]:45733 "EHLO hancock.sc.steeleye.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264477AbUBIVzI (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2004 16:55:08 -0500 In-Reply-To: List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Dave Boutcher Cc: SCSI Mailing List On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 11:23, Dave Boutcher wrote: > I would like to submit the following new driver for inclusion in the 2.6 > kernel. This is the first patch I'm sending outside of IBM, so I expect > there will be comments. Could you elaborate more on why you actually want to use the SCSI subsystem for this. It looks like what you're proposing is a type of client/server device pipe for which nbd may well be able to fill all your needs. I'm not opposed to a simple SCSI tunnel driver, but knowing what you need beyond what nbd can provide would help me understand why what you're proposing is really necessary. James