On Thu, 2019-10-03 at 18:38 +0200, Christian Svensson wrote: > Hi, > > An update if you're curious about this. I found that DE5-Net FPGA > cards are reasonably priced right now on eBay, so I started a project > to implement FICON target support. You can find more information on > github: https://github.com/bluecmd/fejkon > > Essentially it's a 4x SFP+ port card for $300-$400 that I will export > as "fc0-3" netdev's using ARPHRD_FCFABRIC type. > This allows libpcap to capture raw FC directly on the netdev. The > devices will be fully TX/RX capable. > > FICON and normal FCP will be implemented in userspace by reading / > writing packets straight to the netdev. > I assume this will be CPU intensive but for my purposes it should be > fine. Maybe it is a good solution for people that want a more modern > Fibre Channel analyzer as well. > > Regards, > Christian Very interesting and thanks for sharing Regards Laurence
