Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9

[Helge Hafting]

Pavel Machek wrote:

> Well, at least it has a chance to correctly work in low-memory conditions,
> and it might be possible to swap over AoE.
> ARPs are real problem there.
> 				Pavel
>  
Well, how about caching the hw address of the AoE device
somewhere in the data structure describing the block device?
Then you won't need to ARP for it, and I guess that address isn't
likely to change while the device is in use?

Helge Hafting
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