Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9 (with changes)

Ed L Cashin
2004-12-14T20:40:04Z

Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de> writes:

> On Mon, 2004-12-13 11:04:51 -0500, Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
> 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.