diff --git a/fcst/README b/fcst/README index 1004eef34..12b99d8c9 100644 --- a/fcst/README +++ b/fcst/README @@ -1,8 +1,19 @@ -fcst README v1.0 06/10/2010 +About fcst +========== -$Id$ +The fcst kernel module implements an SCST target driver for the FCoE protocol. +FCoE or Fibre Channel over Ethernet is a protocol that allows to communicate +fibre channel frames over an Ethernet network. Since the FCoE protocol +requires a lossless Ethernet network, special network adapters and switches +are required. Ethernet network adapters that support FCoE are called +Converged Network Adapters (CNA). The standard that makes lossless Ethernet +communication possible is called DCB or Data Center Bridging. -FCST is a module that depends on libfc and SCST to provide FC target support. +Building and Installing +======================= + +FCST is a kernel module that depends on libfc and SCST to provide FC target +support. To build for linux-2.6.34, do: