libnvme questions

[Tony Asleson]

On 3/10/21 10:43 PM, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote:
> Keith,
> 
> On 3/10/21 12:56, Keith Busch wrote:
>>> 3. Any plans on adding functionality for NVMe management interfaces to
>>> the library, e.g. NVMe Enclosures?
>> Will be happen to incorporate any features that are in-spec.
>>
> 
> Adding MI support is good idea ? I think it will bloat the basic
> functionality.
> 
> Can we consider adding MI plug-in for it ?
> 

IMHO having standards based functionality only in the cli as a plugin
diminishes the value of the library.  If a developer is required to fork
& exec the cli for some functionality, just do it for all.

If the size of libnvme is a concern, MI could be built into a separate
library from the same source tree that leverages the base libnvme
library, to allow selective install & use.