From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: axboe@kernel.dk (Jens Axboe) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:50:20 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] nvme: Remove SCSI translations In-Reply-To: <1497452191-11429-1-git-send-email-keith.busch@intel.com> References: <1497452191-11429-1-git-send-email-keith.busch@intel.com> Message-ID: <117ed46c-e1db-c5eb-129d-34950ca883d7@kernel.dk> On 06/14/2017 08:56 AM, Keith Busch wrote: > The SCSI-to-NVMe translations were added to assist storage applications > utilizing SG_IO transitioning to NVMe. It was always recommended, however, > to use native NVMe for device management: too much is lost in translation > and the maintenance burden in keeping this kludgey layer around has been > neglected such that much of the translations are completely broken. > > This patch removes SG_IO handling from NVMe. The config option has been > disabled by default for quite some time now, so hopefully it's safe to > remove. If not, this will force people to do the right thing. > > Signed-off-by: Keith Busch Acked-by: Jens Axboe -- Jens Axboe