[Aoetools-discuss] ROM target type

[Ben K. <sha...@gm...>]

Hi all,

I've been looking for a way to run a bunch of DVD-ROM drives over a
network/ethernet-connected system. The goal is to have the optical drives
"off-board" of my main desktop running in a headless system, and be able to
play and archive DVDs and BluRays remotely.

I've looked into AoE, iSCSI, and NBD, and found they are (at least in the
opensource world) all designed only for disk-type targets, not for
ROM-types.

Is it feasible to implement an AoE target module that would allow exporting
CD/DVD/BluRay ROM drives to initiators? I'm not a kernel hacker by any
stretch of the imagination.

Thanks,
Ben Klein