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-The aoetools are programs that assist in using ATA over Ethernet. For
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-now, the tools are designed to work with the "aoe" driver for Linux
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-2.6 kernels. Support for 2.4 kernels and other operating systems
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-would be helpful, but we're starting with 2.6 support.
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+The aoetools are programs that assist in using ATA over Ethernet on
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+systems with version 2.6 Linux kernels.
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+Systems running 2.4 Linux kernels do not need and should not install
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+the aoetools. The aoe driver for 2.4 kernels is self sufficient.
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------
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+AOE DRIVER COMPATIBILITY
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+ ATA over Ethernet (AoE) devices have a shelf address and a slot
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+ address. The aoe driver used to support only 10 slots per shelf
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+ address. The 2.6.14 kernel contains an aoe driver that supports up
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+ to 16 slots per shelf address. This change means that ...
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+ 1. It's easy to use the aoetools that come bundled with the aoe
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+ driver at the Coraid website.
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+ 2. It's easy to use aoetools-8 or later with kernels 2.6.14 or
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+ later.
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+ 3. It's easy to use other combinations as long as you read the
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+ information in the devnodes.txt file here.
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------
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If you need to configure the software, look at the variables at the
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top of the Makefile. The defaults should work for most people. When
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@@ -20,6 +40,7 @@ further details.
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aoe-interfaces restrict network interfaces used for AoE
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aoe-mkdevs create character and block device files
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aoe-mkshelf create block device files for one shelf address
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+ aoe-revalidate ask the aoe driver to update its state for a device
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aoe-stat print status information for AoE devices
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aoeping simple userland communication with AoE devices
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