From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Boot Subject: FireWire/SBP2 Target mode Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:51:12 +0100 Message-ID: <4E4BD560.4010806@bootc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: linux1394-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: target-devel@vger.kernel.org, linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, lkml List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Hi folks, Now that we have a nice SCSI target framework in the kernel, and drivers either in-tree or being worked on for iSCSI, FC, FCoE, SAS and iSER, I was wondering about the possibility of adding FireWire to that list. Apple Macs have had a FireWire Target Disk mode for a long time, and there is even a program called Endpoint[1] that apparently does this on Linux though it looks completely untouched since 2003 and no longer works as it depends on the old FireWire stack. I would very much like to see something like this added to the kernel, and would very much like to contribute to writing this feature. However my kernel development knowledge is very limited indeed so this would require a lot hand-holding and mentoring. What's the interest in such a feature? Would anyone be able to give some (a lot?) of their time to help write this? Thanks, Chris [1] http://oss.oracle.com/projects/endpoint/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2