Re: [Scst-devel] Integration of SCST in the mainstream Linux kernel

[FUJITA Tomonori]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 20:07:01 -0600
"Chris Weiss" <cweiss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Feb 4, 2008 11:30 AM, Douglas Gilbert <dougg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Alan Cox wrote:
> > >> better. So for example, I personally suspect that ATA-over-ethernet is way
> > >> better than some crazy SCSI-over-TCP crap, but I'm biased for simple and
> > >> low-level, and against those crazy SCSI people to begin with.
> > >
> > > Current ATAoE isn't. It can't support NCQ. A variant that did NCQ and IP
> > > would probably trash iSCSI for latency if nothing else.
> >
> > And a variant that doesn't do ATA or IP:
> > http://www.fcoe.com/
> >
> 
> however, and interestingly enough, the open-fcoe software target
> depends on scst (for now anyway)

STGT also supports software FCoE target driver though it's still
experimental stuff.

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg12705.html

It works in user space like STGT's iSCSI (and iSER) target driver
(i.e. no kernel/user space interaction).
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