Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261197AbVEDTuk (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 15:50:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261254AbVEDTuk (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 15:50:40 -0400 Received: from ms-smtp-04-smtplb.tampabay.rr.com ([65.32.5.134]:58037 "EHLO ms-smtp-04.tampabay.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261197AbVEDTua (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 15:50:30 -0400 Subject: Re: ata over ethernet question From: David Hollis To: Maciej Soltysiak Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1416215015.20050504193114@dns.toxicfilms.tv> References: <1416215015.20050504193114@dns.toxicfilms.tv> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-0x9tvVQfDommJI3xLQwM" Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 15:48:36 -0400 Message-Id: <1115236116.7761.19.camel@dhollis-lnx.sunera.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-1) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1811 Lines: 58 --=-0x9tvVQfDommJI3xLQwM Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 19:31 +0200, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > Hi, >=20 > AOE is a bit new for me. >=20 > Would it be possible to use tha AOE driver to > attach one ATA drive in a host over ethernet to another > host ? Or is it support for specific hardware devices only? >=20 > You know, something like: > # fdisk > # mkfs.ext2 > # mount /mnt/part1 >=20 That seems to be the basic idea but there doesn't seem to be a provider stack just yet, just a 'client' (though I could be wrong). AOE is similar in concept to iSCSI with the biggest difference being that AOE runs over Ethernet and is thus non-routeable. iSCSI operates over IP so you can do all kinds of fun IP games with it. > -- > Maciej >=20 >=20 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" i= n > 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/ --=20 David Hollis --=-0x9tvVQfDommJI3xLQwM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCeScTxasLqOyGHncRAr5AAKCpDCOao3mNAgd6/8/sRhV221JBUACfe3Xu h8buSkrT18VumI1YtztKVEU= =rS68 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-0x9tvVQfDommJI3xLQwM-- - 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/