libnvme questions

[Padmakar Kalghatgi]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 08:37:06AM +0900, Keith Busch wrote:
>On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 06:08:06PM +0530, Padmakar Kalghatgi wrote:
>> Since most of the companies who develop SSDs, use MI(sideband) channel, we think this will be a good enhancement to the existing functionality which the nvme-cli provides.
>
>Can we even use this from a Linux host? I thought the sideband channel
>was typically connected to the baseboard management controller.
>
Yes, this can be used from Linux host by having additional hardwares, like TotalPhase's aardvark, Corelis etc, which are connected to the NVMe device.