In a message dated: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 14:17:29 EST Benjamin Scott said:
>On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, at 1:24pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> It has more to do with that he wants to do something with SCSI that >> SCSI isn't necessarilly *intended* to do, but is theoretically >> *capable* of doing. > > Actually, SCSI was intended to do things like this. [...snip...] > You are allowed multiple targets and multiple initiators. The fact that > most people use a single host attached to a bunch of "dumb" devices is > incidental. [...snip...] > The limitations we encounter here are mostly in Linux. [...snip...] Intention being relative I guess. The reason it's a problem, as you pointed out, is that most people *don't* use SCSI this way. As a result HBA manufacturers have probably decided that it's cheaper and easier to not provide this capability. So, what started out as a great idea, went unused long enough to be "taken off the shelf", and now that we're at the point where it's possible/probable this capability can be used, it's no longer there :( So, to more accurately state what I meant, he wants to do something which the (current, cheap) HBAs were not meant to do, but *should* be, based on the capabilities provided by SCSI. Is that a little better :) -- Seeya, Paul ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
