[PATCH 1/2] lightnvm: add generic ocssd detection

[Sagi Grimberg]

> [adding linux-nvme to Cc as the patch changes the nvme driver, despite
> the subject line]
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 08:16:04PM +0100, Matias Bjørling wrote:
>> On 02/25/2017 07:21 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 06:16:48PM +0100, Matias Bjørling wrote:
>>>> More implementations of OCSSDs are becoming available. Adding each using
>>>> pci ids are becoming a hassle. Instead, use a 16 byte string in the
>>>> vendor-specific area of the identification command to identify an
>>>> Open-Channel SSD.
>>>>
>>>> The large string should make the collision probability with other
>>>> vendor-specific strings to be near nil.
>>>
>>> No way in hell.  vs is vendor specific and we absolutely can't overload
>>> it with any sort of meaning.  Get OCSSD support properly standardized and
>>> add a class code for it.  Until then it's individual PCI IDs.
>>>
>>
>> You are right, that is the right way to go, and we are working on it. In the
>> meantime, there are a couple of reasons I want to do a pragmatic solution:
>
> Reasonable reaosons, but that's just not how standard interfaces work.
> Either you standardize the behaviour and have a standardized trigger
> for it, or it is vendor specific and needs to be keyed off a specific
> vendor/device identification.

I agree, I don't see how we're allowed to use vs for that.