Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9

From: Adam Heath (doogie_at_debian.org)
Date: 12/06/04

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    Date:	Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:28:18 -0600 (CST)
To: Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>

    On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Ed L Cashin wrote:

    > The included patch allows the Linux kernel to use the ATA over
    > Ethernet (AoE) network protocol to communicate with any block device
    > that handles the AoE protocol. The Coraid EtherDrive (R) Storage
    > Blade is the first hardware using AoE.
    >
    > AoE devices on the LAN are accessable as block devices and can be used
    > with filesystems, Software RAID, LVM, etc.
    >
    > Like IP, AoE is an ethernet-level network protocol, registered with
    > the IEEE. Unlike IP, AoE is not routable.
    >
    > This patch is released under the terms of the GPL.
    >
    > (We also have an AoE driver for the 2.4 kernel that we plan to release
    > soon.)

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