From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 1 05:04:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A995B16A4F2 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:04:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail5.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B2C543D3F for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:04:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (qmail 17604 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2004 05:04:00 -0000 Received: from gate.funkthat.com (HELO hydrogen.funkthat.com) ([69.17.45.168]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 1 Sep 2004 05:04:00 -0000 Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (ytmlif@localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1])i81540uU070393; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:04:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i8153xgZ070392; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:03:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:03:59 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Sam Message-ID: <20040901050359.GB29902@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Sam , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org References: <20040831203929.GB25134@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <4134FB98.6A3822BC@freebsd.org> <200408311709.32927.peter@wemm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: option directive and turning on AOE X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 05:04:02 -0000 Sam wrote this message on Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 21:31 -0500: > >>What is AoE? And what kind of Frames does it come in? > > > >ATA-over-Ethernet? > >http://news.gw.com/freebsd.arch/12939 > >(Ethernet frame type 0x88a2 apparently) > >-- > > Yes, that is correct. It is a very simple RPC protocol > for packaging up ATA commands and sending them over > Ethernet to a server that will issue them to its > attached device. I can supply the protocol to anyone > who is interested (8 pages), just shoot me an e-mail. Is there plans for a 5.x/6.x driver for AoE? Also, are you going to be tieing into the ata frame work? or are you going to be creating your own device, and handling the ata command layer yourself? -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."