[stgt] iscsi initiastor library for kvm/qemu

Mike Christie michaelc at cs.wisc.edu
Mon Nov 22 21:11:10 CET 2010


On 11/19/2010 11:31 PM, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> List,
>
> Slightly off-topic, but I think it is of interest to several on the list.
>
>
> I just sent a patch to the KVM mailinglist that add a fully posix and
> fully async initiator library.
> Of immediate purpose to allow kvm-qemu to access TGTD exported LUNs
> directly without having to go through open-iscsi
> and making the devices visible to the host (which is VERY annoying).
> But also to evolve to a full blown iscsi library.
>
> Anyone interested in an iscsi client library and building applications
> thereon are encouraged to view it and perhaps contribute.

The initiator is all in userspace, right? Is there any plans on 
supporting offload? Would you create some offloaded connection using a 
driver like bnx2i/cxgb3i/be2iscsi/qla4xxx then pass/get pdus through it?
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