[PATCH] nvmetcli: More refined cleanup of README

J Freyensee james_p_freyensee at linux.intel.com
Mon Aug 1 11:26:46 PDT 2016


On Mon, 2016-08-01 at 04:23 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:37:06AM -0700, Jay Freyensee wrote:
> > --- a/README
> > +++ b/README
> > @@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ https://github.com/agrover/configshell-fb first.
> >  nvmetcli can be run directly from the source directory or
> > installed
> >  using setup.py.
> >  
> > +If you choose to use the provided exe 'nvmetcli', you can move
> > +'nvmetcli' to /usr/sbin and the file 'nvmet.service' to
> > +/lib/systemd/system for global management of NVMe target setups
> > +for the machine.
> 
> Hmm.  Maybe we'll need to add a install rule to setup.py instead?
> Either way the preferred way to install nvmetcli is to use the deb
> or rpm packaging created by make deb or make rpm.  The documentation
> should point to those as the first choice.

That would probably work too.

I can say .deb/.rpm is preferrred, but from my previous experience,
.rpm doesn't always work, hence the background info.

> 
> >  Common Package Dependencies and Problems
> >  -----------------------------------------
> >  nvmetcli uses the 'python-six' and 'pyparsing' packages
> > @@ -53,6 +58,13 @@ The following walks through an example using
> > interactive mode.
> >  ...> create hostnqn
> >  
> >  #
> > +# remove access of a subsystem by deleting the Host NQN
> > +#
> > +
> > +...> cd /subsystems/testnqn/allowed_hosts/
> > +...> delete hostnqn
> > +
> > +#
> >  # Alternatively this allows any host to connect to the subsystsem.
> >   Only
> >  # use this in tightly controller environments:
> >  #
> > @@ -65,7 +77,7 @@ The following walks through an example using
> > interactive mode.
> >  # unused one will be used.
> >  #
> >  
> > -...> cd namespaces
> > +...> cd /subsystems/testnqn/namespaces
> >  ...> create 1
> >  ...> cd 1
> >  ...> set device path=/dev/nvme0n1
> 
> But I've applied this part already and pushed it out.

OK.  I'll add another blurb on discovery and referrals, hopefully soon.

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