Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9
From: Adam Heath
Date: Mon Dec 06 2004 - 11:31:19 EST
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Ed L Cashin wrote:
> The included patch allows the Linux kernel to use the ATA over
> Ethernet (AoE) network protocol to communicate with any block device
> that handles the AoE protocol. The Coraid EtherDrive (R) Storage
> Blade is the first hardware using AoE.
>
> AoE devices on the LAN are accessable as block devices and can be used
> with filesystems, Software RAID, LVM, etc.
>
> Like IP, AoE is an ethernet-level network protocol, registered with
> the IEEE. Unlike IP, AoE is not routable.
>
> This patch is released under the terms of the GPL.
>
> (We also have an AoE driver for the 2.4 kernel that we plan to release
> soon.)
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