Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 00:25:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 00:25:19 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:38811 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 00:25:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:34:00 -0600 From: Oliver Xymoron To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: More on Linux and iSCSI [info, not flame :)] Message-ID: <20030111053400.GR14778@waste.org> References: <20030111033650.GA32137@gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030111033650.GA32137@gtf.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1108 Lines: 28 On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:36:50PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > So I thought I would inject some info into the discussion. :) > > Oliver Xymoron (and others?) mentioned that one could do iSCSI in > userspace. Well, Intel has code at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/intel-iscsi The included userspace server is largely proof-of-concept code and could do with a fair amount of rounding out. Things this could use to make it interesting: - authentication - run-time configuration - ability to serve from files and block devices (MD, LVM, crypto-loop) - ability to serve from /dev/sgX interfaces with native SCSI (tapes, CDRW..) Don't know what the state of interop with other initiators is though. I'll also point out that for many Linux<->Linux purposes, nbd is a workable substitute. -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/