Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:20:01 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/1] cxgb3i: cxgb3 iSCSI initiator |
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Jeff Garzik wrote: > * however, giving the user the ability to co-manage IP addresses means > hacking up the kernel TCP code and userland tools for this new concept, > something that I think DaveM would rightly be a bit reluctant to do? You > are essentially adding a bunch of special case code whenever TCP ports > are used: > > if (port in list of "magic" TCP ports with special, > hardware-specific behavior) > ... > else > do what we've been doing for decades > > ISTR Roland(?) pointing out code that already does a bit of this in the > IB space... but the point is
grrr. but the point is that the solution is not at all complete, with feature disconnects and security audit differences still outsanding, and non-hw-specific management apps still unwritten.
(I'm not calling for their existence, merely saying trying to strike the justification that current capability to limp along exists)
Jeff
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