Importing iSCSI target from NetBSD

Scott Long scottl at samsco.org
Sun Jun 4 00:56:42 UTC 2006


Doug White wrote:

> On Mon, 29 May 2006, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> 
>> Scott,
>>
>> It seems that you aren't aware that Intel/NetBSD implementation is 
>> completely userland one and it uses any block device/file as backing 
>> store (no interaction with CAM). Therefore, it won't interfere with 
>> whatever work you and others do in the CAM area.
> 
> 
> For the record, this driver _is_ in-kernel and does attach to CAM, if 
> you want a comparison point:
> 
> ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/users/danny/freebsd/iscsi-16.tar.bz2
> 
> I've compiled a prior version of this and it appears to work, but 
> haven't run any sort of test with it.
> 
> I've wanted to play with iSCSI targets on FreeBSD but have lacked the 
> requisite test equipment. One of these days I'll get the hour or two I 
> need to put together a test rig.
> 

Last I knew, this driver was just an initiator.  If he's added target
support, that's great.

Scott



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