From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:29:59 +1000
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 12:18:25AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > A PCI device that presents itself as a SCSI controller, but under the > > hood is really iSCSI-over-TCP smells like TOE. Running a virtualized > > Linux guest on top of a proprietary stack [which provides networking > > services to guests] also smells like TOE. :) > > Agreed. However, when they start adding hooks to the ARP table, the > routing table, and PMTU management, it begs the question what more is > there to add for TOE (well, user-space driven TOE at least)? Socket state, and that is one thing I don't see them doing yet. > Put it another way, I think the dividing line between TOE and iSCSI or > virtualisation is exactly the interface between them and the Linux kernel. > If the interface is an existing one such as SCSI or standard IP then it's > OK. However, when it starts poking in the guts of the Linux stack I'd say > that it has crossed the line. Yeah, it's starting to smell really bad. But we have to realize they've already been given %95 of the interfaces they need to speak IP using our routes and our neighbour entries. Right? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
