Jeff Garzik wrote: > Caitlin Bestler wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> From: Steve Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:54:57 -0500 >>> >>>> Doesn't iSCSI have this same issue? >>> Software iSCSI implementations don't have the issue because they go >>> through the stack using normal sockets and normal device send and >>> receive. >> >> But hardware iSCSI implementations, which already exist, do not work >> through normal sockets. > > No, they work through normal SCSI stack... > > Jeff
Correct. But they then interface to the network using none of the network stack. The normal SCSI stack does not control that it any way. NFS over RDMA is part of the file system. That doesn't change the fact that it's use of IP Addresses needs to be co-ordinated with the network stack, and indeed that address based authentication *assumes* that this is the case. (and yes, there are preferable means of authentication, but authenticating based on IP address is already supported). But back on the main point, if implementing SCSI services over a TCP connection is acceptable even though it does not use a kernel socket, why would it not be acceptable to implement RDMA services over a TCP connection without using a kernel socket? - 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
