On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 16:37 -0800, Robert Love wrote: > On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 04:39 -0800, Jan Zelený wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to ask you about state of FCoE target code. I just tried to > > install > > the target on kernel 2.6.31.4 and there are some errors during compilation > > of > > open-fcoe-target. After a brief investigation I found that kernel >= 2.6.24 > > uses slightly different netdev functions than previous versions did and > > thus > > the code of open-fcoe-target doesn't compile. > > > > Do you guys have some plans for target code. I've read in wiki, that it is > > not > > your priority at the moment, so I'd like to know some details on this > > matter. > > Perhaps I can help you with it? > > > Hi Jan, > > You need a little background first. There are two competing SCSI > target infrastructure projects- SCST and STGT. STGT is upstream and SCST
You missed the third one :)... Nicolas Bellinger's "Target Core". > is not. I'm not familiar enough with the SCST project to know exactly > where they are now in their upstream push, or what their plans are. > > I think that hooking up libfc/fcoe to STGT may not be too difficult, > but I haven't looked into it much, and at this time I think this is what > needs to be done to have an upstream and maintainable target. As a I agree with your statement above. If we want it to be upstream (faster) and maintainable we need to hook libfc/fcoe to STGT. (Robert,) Can you through some suggestions about how to go about it. > reference, I believe that there is only one FC initiator hooked into > STGT right now. > > Alternatively, Intel is in the process of refreshing the SCST based > target to a more current kernel. The intent is not to push it upstream. > We hope to publish this code in roughly 4-6 weeks. I'm not sure if the > code will be published here or on sourceforge. > > I hope this helps, > > //Rob > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.open-fcoe.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ devel mailing list [email protected] http://www.open-fcoe.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
