Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9 (with changes)

From: Ed L Cashin
Date: Tue Dec 14 2004 - 15:42:54 EST


Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, 2004-12-13 11:04:51 -0500, Ed L Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote in message <87k6rmuqu4.fsf@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> [...]
>
> Impressive list of changes. I'm thinking about implementing a userland
> server for AoE. Is there a formal protocol specification available?

Yes. It's here:

http://www.coraid.com/documents/AoEr8.txt
http://www.coraid.com/documents/AoEr8.pdf

> Though, I'd use the block driver's sources to reverse engineer it, but
> for interoperability purposes, it would probably be better to start off
> a specification than an implementation.
>
> . o O (...and I'd love to get my hands on a real hardware device)

There are some eval kits that can be ordered on our web site.

--
Ed L Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx>

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