From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: hch@lst.de (Christoph Hellwig) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 23:20:14 +0100 Subject: [RFC PATCH] nvmet: Back namespace with files In-Reply-To: <20170308221527.GA1885@localhost.localdomain> References: <1489008937-31043-1-git-send-email-keith.busch@intel.com> <20170308213519.GA32009@lst.de> <20170308221527.GA1885@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <20170308222014.GA635@lst.de> On Wed, Mar 08, 2017@05:15:28PM -0500, Keith Busch wrote: > This is a step toward getting namespace management. It's easy to create > namespaces if they're files. Given that namespace management is tied to controller IDs it's a fairly bad fit for fabrics, especially so with our dynamic controller model.