Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262116AbVEEOr5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 10:47:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262118AbVEEOr5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 10:47:57 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:12436 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262116AbVEEOrx (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 10:47:53 -0400 Subject: Re: ata over ethernet question From: Alan Cox To: Maciej Soltysiak Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1416215015.20050504193114@dns.toxicfilms.tv> References: <1416215015.20050504193114@dns.toxicfilms.tv> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1115304380.19844.74.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 15:46:22 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 806 Lines: 18 On Mer, 2005-05-04 at 18:31, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > 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? It talks ATA command blocks but if you write an ATA command block parser you can write yourself a remote device stack and the protocol is very simple. For block storage NBD is probably simpler and more efficient but AoE might be interesting for accessing embedded microcontrollers and the like because you don't need a TCP/IP stack. Alan - 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/