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charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7e73057c-698a-4ce6-b153-3b8b1077f77c@flourine.local> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20261021_113400_736980_43683837 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 18.13 ) X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) X-BeenThere: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "Linux-nvme" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 On Tue 2026-10-20 15:10:11 +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 02:26:30PM -0700, Mohamed Khalfella wrote: > > Description: > > Shows the current state of the controller. Possible values: > > - "new", "live", "resetting", "connecting", "deleting", > > - "deleting (no IO)", "dead". > > + "new", "live", "fencing", "fenced", "resetting", "connecting", > > + "deleting", "deleting (no IO)", "dead". > > > > What: /sys/class/nvme/nvmeX/numa_node > > Date: November 2018 > > > > > > How about a diff like the one above? Similar to CIRN and CIU, I am not > > sure what to put in "KernelVersion". > > I think the KernelVersion is when it first appeared. I would leave it as > it is and instead extend the description > > Shows the current state of the controller. Possible values: > "new", "live", "resetting", "connecting", "deleting", > "deleting (no IO)", "dead". > v7.5 introduced additionally: > "fencing", "fenced" > > Obviously, this is not idea. If someone starts to complain we might have > to filter out these two new states. Is Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-nvme a living history of sysfs-nvme documentation or a documentation for the specific kernel release?