Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] nvme: add the "debug" host driver

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On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 08:00:12AM +0000, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote:
> Mikulas,
> 
> On 2/1/22 10:33 AM, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> > External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
> > 
> > 
> > This patch adds a new driver "nvme-debug". It uses memory as a backing
> > store and it is used to test the copy offload functionality.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> 
> 
> NVMe Controller specific memory backed features needs to go into
> QEMU which are targeted for testing and debugging, just like what
> we have done for NVMe ZNS QEMU support and not in kernel.
> 
> I don't see any special reason to make copy offload an exception.

One can instantiate scsi devices with qemu by using fake scsi devices,
but one can also just use scsi_debug to do the same. I see both efforts
as desirable, so long as someone mantains this.

For instance, blktests uses scsi_debug for simplicity.

In the end you decide what you want to use.

  Luis



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