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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:44:33 -0500
From: Steve Wise <swise@opengridcomputing.com>
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To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/1] cxgb3i: cxgb3 iSCSI initiator
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David Miller wrote:
> I've stated clearly what the base requirement is, which is that the
> packet is fully processed by the networking stack and that the card
> merely does data placement optimizations that the stack can completely
> ignore if it wants to.
>
> You have an entire engine in there that can interpret an iSCSI
> transport stream, you have the logic to do these kinds of things,
> and it can be done without managing the connection on the card.
>   

Thanks for finally stating it clearly.

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