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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 1/1] cxgb3i: cxgb3 iSCSI initiator
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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