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> As far as the iSCSI stuff, I have the Lucent stuff and am trying to use it
> as a reference to build an iSCSI target. I have been experimenting a bit.
> 
> The design goal is to have the negotiation stuff running in a user daemon,
> while the target data handling is completely in the kernel. I was thinking
> about using netgraph for the network side of things. On the "disk" side of
> things I am thinking about a geom provider, but not initially. Initially I
> will send the SCSI CDBs directly to a tape drive that is used for testing
> purposes. The project I need this for is to offer a FreeBSD connected tape
> library to a Windoze box with iSCSI and use native NTBACKUP.
> 
> Later on the FreeBSD target will be geom based.
> 
> Peter

I would like to help/cooperate, I have a netapp with iSCSI awarness, and if
necessary i can get a SAN/iSCSI, and probably some time too.

danny