Re: [PATCH 18/35] monitor: add "--persistent/-p" flag

Martin Wilck
2021-01-29T19:45:55Z

On Fri, 2021-01-29 at 11:02 -0800, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
>
> > Without this flag, AENs on created controllers won't be received.
> > While --persistent is probably the behavior most users will want,
> > it has to be explicitly activated, to be consistent with the
> > connect-all command.
>
> What is the usage model without this flag?
>

- listen to other events that would require a discovery, currently
simply fc_udev_device. In the future, network events could be added.
- listen for AENs on persistent discovery controllers that are created
by other means, e.g. manually.

See also our discussion about the cover letter of this series.

Martin