Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 22:43:14 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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       Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: Integration of SCST in the mainstream Linux kernel
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> better. So for example, I personally suspect that ATA-over-ethernet is way 
> better than some crazy SCSI-over-TCP crap, but I'm biased for simple and 
> low-level, and against those crazy SCSI people to begin with.

Current ATAoE isn't. It can't support NCQ. A variant that did NCQ and IP
would probably trash iSCSI for latency if nothing else.


Alan
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