Re: [PATCH] nvme: remove multipath module parameter

[Keith Busch]

On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 03:15:54PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 10:55:21AM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> > Plus there are some NVMe devices out there which _despite_ being PCIe do 
> > report NMIC and CMIC set (I won't name names, if you came across them 
> > you'll know)
> 
> ?????
> 
> NMIC and CMIC is perfectly normal and expected for multiported PCIe.
> WTF are you talking about?

Obviously he's not talking about multiported PCIe. And he's right, the
behavior of a PCIe hot plug is very different and often undesirable when
it's under native multipath.