From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: james_p_freyensee@linux.intel.com (J Freyensee) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:04:06 -0700 Subject: Configured nqn In-Reply-To: References: <14E6FCBE6C7E3A47A6CD7D77E639D51C2F73FABD@oczmail.ocz.ocztechnology.com> <1470678878.2626.6.camel@linux.intel.com> Message-ID: <1471471446.6059.11.camel@linux.intel.com> On Tue, 2016-08-16@14:08 +0000, Gili Buzaglo wrote: > Hi > Sorry for responding late. > My original thought was that the nvme-fabrics driver will initiate > the nqn from the file, > But your suggestion is also suitable and less complex. > Who is responsible for creating the file??/etc/nvme/hostnqn ? > Maybe nvme-cli first installation ? Yes, I would say that if nvme-cli is told to use /etc/nvme/hostnqn and the filename is not there for nvme-cli to create the file containing a generated hostnqn per NQN naming standard in the NVMe spec. Jay > > Thanks > -gili > > -----Original Message----- > From: J Freyensee [mailto:james_p_freyensee at linux.intel.com]? > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 8:55 PM > To: Sagi Grimberg; Gili Buzaglo; linux-nvme at lists.infradead.org > Subject: Re: Configured nqn > > On Mon, 2016-08-08@11:47 +0300, Sagi Grimberg wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > Hey Gili, > > > > > > > > > > > I was wondering if there's a special reason why not to support? > > > preconfigured initiator nqn from a file. > > > (similar to iscsi in /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi). > > > > It was raised on the list just last week. I think Jay has (of was > > :))? > > volunteered. > > I was going to do it, but I was waiting for a reply on confirming > what behavior people wanted to see: > > > "So is the request to have nvme-cli use whatever is in > /etc/nvme/hostnqn (if it exists) over the default in the nvme-fabrics > driver???So preference of hostnqn input would be: > > 1. --hostnqn flag > 2. /etc/nvme/hostnqn > 3. default hostnqn generated by nvme-fabrics driver (ex: nqn.2014 > -08.org.nvmexpress:NVMf:uuid:a2d7752c-a31b-477a-a003-31a5e1c424a9) > > (note 2. may contain a hostnqn different from the default)" > > > Gili if you are itchin' to do it, go ahead and give it a shot, just > let me know (or I can still do it w/confirmation to above). ?The > discovery fix I added to nvme-cli: > > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2016-July/005562.html > > has been merged into the nvme-cli tool by Keith. > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-nvme mailing list > Linux-nvme at lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-nvme