[PATCH 0/5] nvmet/nvmet_fc: add events for discovery controller rescan

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 09:03:37AM -0700, James Smart wrote:
> The "strongly suggest" is laymans language for the word "should" that was
> used in the standard. Should was used so that discovery of the available
> discovery controllers on FC could be done in an automatic and dynamic way
> without apriori knowledge. Any FC target device is free to choose if and
> where they implement discovery controllers, just as on any other transport
> in nvmf.
> 
> We have had discussions in the technical working group and with nvme
> leadership on this and as I said, its well within what a transport can do.
> It's doing nothing illegal or odd. It doesn't require explicit documentation
> in a NVMe spec. It is in a NVME fabrics-based transport specification.

Please send a TP against Section 5 of the NVMeoF spec to add your
transport specific re-discovery notifications.