From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261653AbULNUkE (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:40:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261654AbULNUkD (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:40:03 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:57537 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261653AbULNUj4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:39:56 -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 (with changes) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:39:53 -0500 Message-ID: <874qiolili.fsf@coraid.com> References: <87k6rmuqu4.fsf@coraid.com> <20041213212301.GI16958@lug-owl.de> 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:i6NZyvCH37GIQZgyGazCNGbYdik= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jan-Benedict Glaw writes: > On Mon, 2004-12-13 11:04:51 -0500, Ed L Cashin > wrote in message <87k6rmuqu4.fsf@coraid.com>: > [...] > > Impressive list of changes. I'm thinking about implementing a userland > server for AoE. Is there a formal protocol specification available? Yes. It's here: http://www.coraid.com/documents/AoEr8.txt http://www.coraid.com/documents/AoEr8.pdf > Though, I'd use the block driver's sources to reverse engineer it, but > for interoperability purposes, it would probably be better to start off > a specification than an implementation. > > . o O (...and I'd love to get my hands on a real hardware device) There are some eval kits that can be ordered on our web site. -- Ed L Cashin