[Stgt-devel] User-mode iSER

[FUJITA Tomonori]

From: Ming Zhang <mingz at ele.uri.edu>
Subject: Re: [Stgt-devel] User-mode iSER
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:56:20 -0400

> On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 14:00 -0500, Tom Tucker wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 14:49 -0400, Ming Zhang wrote:
> > > my 2c. u figure ignores other device types like VT/VTL or bridge. your
> > > target device type are only TYPE_DISK here.
> > 
> > Yeah, I should put in ellipses... These types are not precluded.
> > 
> > >  also scsi/block/file just
> > > physical media used by TYPE_DISK.
> > 
> > Yes, but there seemed to be some interest in exporting a file as a SCSI
> > Target, or even anonymously mapped memory...
> > 
> > What else should we be thinking about?
> 
> what about the AoE? maybe people want AoE target as well. or AoE will
> not be considered because of its non-SCSI nature?

No AoE support. We tried before, however, the current in-kernel stgt
code is fully integrated with the SCSI-mid layer, that is, we use the
data structures and functions. It is not an independent component, a
part of the SCSI-mid layer.