This patch-set adds the following code to the SCSI subsystem. 1) FC and FCoE protocol definitions in header files - Files are added in include/scsi/fc/ - New files are: fc_els.h, fc_encaps.h, fc_fc2.h, fc_fcp.h, fc_fs.h, fc_gs.h and fc_ns.h 2) libfc - a FC assist library - Composed of 5 sub-components: Exchange Manager, Local Port Remote Port, Name Server and SCSI-FCP - Uses libfc_function_template for cross-layer calls - Uses struct fc_lport as primary object shared by all sub-modules - Common code defined in include/scsi/libfc/libfc.h 3) fcoe - a FCoE initiator implementation - Simple encapsulation and unpacking layer - Interacts with netdev - Uses /sys/module/fcoe/create and destroy for enabling/disabling FCoE connection over a particular Ethernet adapter - Works on any Ethernet adapter These patches adds 12,291 lines of code to 4 new directories- include/scsi/fc/ include/scsi/libfc/ drivers/scsi/libfc/ drivers/scsi/fcoe/ We've created some diagrams to suppliment this RFC. They're posted on our wiki at http://www.open-fcoe.org/openfc/wiki/index.php/Architecture. The Open-FCoE team recognizes that this code will continue to evolve and we are committed to maintaining and improving it. We have a list of TODO items on our wiki at http://www.open-fcoe.org/openfc/wiki/index.php/TODO and intend to work through that list. In addition to our engineering tasks we will be putting this stack under more testing and as defects are exposed we will fix them. Defects are tracked on the Open-FCoE.org bugzilla. Currently engineers have been testing this stack and within their test environments the stack works. It has seen some validation, but no heavy testing. We recognize that we have a lot of work to do but we also think that we've made a lot of progress in the last few months and we would like to be merged. We're sending this RFC to solicit any comments, but in particular comments about the code that should prevent a merger. Thanks, Open-FCoE //Rob, Vasu, Chris, Yi, Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html