linux-kernel - Re: Integration of SCST in the mainstream Linux kernel

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Message-ID: <47A74BAA.6080201@torque.net>
Date:	Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:30:18 +0100
From:	Douglas Gilbert <dougg@...que.net>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Vladislav Bolkhovitin <vst@...b.net>,
	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, scst-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: Integration of SCST in the mainstream Linux kernel

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/
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