Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9

[Ed L Cashin]

Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@xxxxxxx> writes:

> 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.

...
> 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?

The ATA over Ethernet protocol doesn't use IP addresses, so there's no
need to use ARP.  Pavel Machek appears to be noting that because ARP
is not needed, AoE may be easier to do in situations where memory is
scarce.

-- 
  Ed L Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx>

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