FUJITA Tomonori wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:06:52 -0500 > Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> FUJITA Tomonori wrote: >>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:29:06 -0500 >>> Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Can someone recommend an open source userspace library that enables one >>>> to implement a userspace iSCSI target? >>> I'm not sure there is an open source userspace library enables you to >>> easily implement your own userspace iSCSI target but there are some >>> userspace iSCSI target implementations, which might useful. >>> >>> Some Linux distributions use: >>> >>> http://stgt.berlios.de/ >>> >>> OpenSolaris also has one: >>> >>> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/iscsitgt/ >>> >>> *BSD also have userspace iSCSI target implementations. >> Thanks much, I will take a look. I have already found and read the code >> for NetBSD's iSCSI target. >> >> I am mainly interested in 100% userspace solution, because in my case, >> the storage software (distributed goop) is also in userspace. Something >> that exports through the kernel actually adds overhead, when a >> straight-to-sockets userspace implementation would be more efficient. > > All the implementations that I referred to above are 100% userspace > solution (if I correctly remember *BSD's implementations). > > You might think that stgt is a kernel space solution but it's 100% > userspace solution if you use only its iSCSI (or FCoE) support. As you > expect, it's just a userspace daemon. It doesn't require any fancy > kernel features. > > About OSD support, I think that Pete and other osc.edu people > implemented iSCSI OSD target with stgt (though I've not merged their > OSD code to stgt or tried it yet): > Do not use these URL's they are out of date. The OSC OSD project is now hosted on open-osd.org git tree's. Look here for latest git tree and instructions: http://www.open-osd.org/bin/view/Main/OscOsdProject We also have stgt + osd-patches hosted as a sub-module under the OSC OSD target. Boaz -- 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
