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Date:      Wed, 6 Feb 2013 10:32:34 +0000
From:      "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com>
To:        Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "Vogel, Jack" <jack.vogel@intel.com>
Subject:   Re: Data Center Bridging?
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Hi Jack,

On Jan 22, 2013, at 19:23, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have never implemented this in the FreeBSD drivers primarily because th=
e
> motivation for it say, in Linux,
> was to handle multiple traffic classes, for instance FCOE or iSCSI, but
> FreeBSD has not had these features
> to implement this for.  Give me a reason to do it, and I can see about
> adding it :)

I'm interested in seeing if DCB can be used for lossless IP communication o=
ver a simple and private LAN fabric. I have some student cycles that I can =
direct at helping with the implementation, if that's useful?

Lars=



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