ATA over Ethernet driver
This driver allows the Linux kernel to use the ATA over Ethernet (AoE) network protocol. Using AoE, a Linux system can use AoE block devices like EtherDrive (R) storage blades. The block devices appear as local device nodes (e.g. /dev/etherd/e0.0).
| Tags | Archiving backup Mirroring Operating System Kernels Linux |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C Unix Shell |
Recent releases
- 09 Feb 2009 18:31
Changes: The robustness of the driver's retransmission algorithm in the face of lossy networks was improved. Runtime SKB_BUG warnings about skb truesize were eliminated. Compatibility was extended to later kernels and improved. Remote addresses that are not handling I/O requests are avoided more consistently. A race between discovery and device flushing was eliminated. The build system was improved to do only necessary work.
- 21 Aug 2008 20:35
Changes: The compatibility system was generalized. Support for the 2.6.26 Linux kernel was added.
- 02 Aug 2008 02:55
Changes: The driver now uses regular congestion control and avoidance, allowing the use of a wider range of network topologies and a greater number of AoE initiators per target.
- 05 Jun 2008 17:11
Changes: The ATA device identify response information is now exported via ioctl, so that udev's ata_id can fetch the model and serial number information of an AoE device. Compatibility with RHEL new kernels in 5.2 was added.
- 28 Apr 2008 16:34
Changes: This release adds compatibility with the 2.6.25 kernel while maintaining backwards compatibility. In addition, the driver's diagnostic messages have been improved.
