[openib-general] iSER Source and target code

[Dan Bar Dov]

Mohit hi,

You are correct that the iser initiator code is now based on openIB stack
and follows the open-iscsi APIs instead of the datamover API. If you dig in
the iser-initiator history, you'll find that it too was originaly based on
datamover API on top of kDAPL.

The datamover API was a nice concept, but it did not carry well into the
real-world implementation, and so was dropped.

The ISER target code available was donated by Voltaire as a starting point
for an open-source ISER/iSCSI target implementation. There is a small
working group working on this project, in conjunction with the stgt project.
In the future we expect it to loose the datamover API as well, and change a
lot. If you're interested, I suggest you subscribe to stgt mailing list at
http://developer.berlios.de/mail/?group_id=4492

Dan


On 8/1/06, Mohit Katiyar, Noida <mohitka at hcl.in> wrote:
>
>  Hi all,
>
>  I was looking at iSER initiator and target code. I noticed that iSER
> target code available is based on Datamover architecture but the initiator
> code is not based on Datamover Architecture. Why the iSER initiator code is
> not based on Datamover Architecture? What are the future plans for the iSER
> target driver code?
>
> With which iSCSI interface the iSER target driver code will be used?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Mohit Katiyar
>
> Lead Engineer
>
> TLS, HCL Noida
>
>
>
> "To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose
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