[Stgt-devel] Re: [Iscsitarget-devel] stgt a new version of iscsi target?

[Mike Christie]

Ming Zhang wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 10:58 -0700, Robert Whitehead wrote:
> 
>>>>>>Ming Zhang <mingz at ele.uri.edu> 12/6/2005 10:32 am >>>
>>>
>>>on Tue, 2005-12-06 at 09:56 -0700, Robert Whitehead wrote:
>>>
>>>>In a couple of the iscsitarget mail threads there is the reference
>>
>>to
>>
>>>>the new stgt implementation which is hosted on the
>>>>http://developer.berlios.de web site.  In addition, it also looks
>>>>like the lasted source code for the IET project has been moved to
>>
>>an
>>
>>>>iscsitarget project hosted on the developer.berlios.de site.  In
>>
>>fact
>>
>>>>doing a cvs browse on this website (sourceforge) doesn't work and
>>
>>in
>>
>>>>order to see the sourcecode and you have to go to the berlios
>>
>>website to
>>
>>>>get the latest iscsitarget code.
>>>>
>>>>My question is what is the future of the IET project?
>>>>
>>>
>>>feature freeze and keep it stable.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>It appears the stgt is the new direction.  If so what is the
>>
>>motivation
>>
>>>>for stgt?
>>>>
>>
>>>stgt is a middle layer for different transports. so u can have iscsi,
>>>fc, sas,... later under same umbrella.
>>
>>>ming
>>
>>What is the time frame for having initial release of stgt?
>>Is it is a good state that if I download stgt and build it, will it
>>function as an iscsi target now?
>>
>>Robert
>>
> 
> 
> i am not a stgt developer, so i could not tell u the time frame. i think
> it still need some work before it becomes as stable as iet.
> 

Yeah it is very unstable at the moment. We are in the middle if adding 
HW target support so probably scst or IET alone if you just need iscsi 
is better. We have also been trying to figure out a way to reuse some of 
the block layer code for things like barriers/MSG_*, tags, requests and 
queue limits etc and that is really a experiment at the moment.


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