On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 09:38:50AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > I'm not opposed to mapping /dev/nvmeX. However, the lookup is trivial > > > to accomplish in sysfs through /sys/dev/char to find the sysfs path of the > > > device-dax instance under the nvme device, or if you already have the nvme > > > sysfs path the dax instance(s) will appear under the "dax" sub-directory. > > > > Personally I think mapping the dax resource in the sysfs tree is a nice > > way to do this and a bit more intuitive than mapping a /dev/nvmeX. > > It is still not at all clear to me what userpsace is supposed to do > with this on nvme.. How is the CMB usable from userspace? I don't think trying to expose it to userspace makes any sense. Exposing it to in-kernel storage targets on the other hand makes a lot of sense. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
