Re: nvme: allow ANA support to be independent of native multipathing

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Nov 19 2018 - 04:39:45 EST


On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 02:28:02PM -0500, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> You rejected the idea of allowing fine-grained control over whether
> native NVMe multipathing is enabled or not on a per-namespace basis.
> All we have is the coarse-grained nvme_core.multipath=N knob. Now
> you're forecasting removing even that. Please don't do that.

The whole point is that this hook was intended as a band aid for the
hypothetical pre-existing setups. Not ever for new development.

> Please, PLEASE take v2 of this patch.. please? ;)

See the previous mail for the plan ahead. I'm sick and tired of you
trying to sneak your new developemts back in.