[SLL] Rant: ATA-over-Ethernet 0x88a2

[David J. Pfaltzgraff]

Here's just a thought coming from left field...

Considering that there seems to be support in the kernel to be able to
drive AoE, has anyone considered a module that provides the matching (or
inverse) capability? For example, with this inverse function, I could take
an old system that has four ATA (old IDE?) interfaces and an ethernet
interface and provide AoE storage.

Is this unreasonable? It would eliminate any dependency on someone else's
proprietary hardware. I could also put some old cases to work again.

Am I in the wrong ball park?

Dave