can't run nvme-mp blktests

[Luis Chamberlain]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 10:41:12AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 10:38:50AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 09:53:12PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 05:24:04PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > > > I do have CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH=y but I also have:
> > > 
> > > I'd suggest to ignore broken tests that require a deprecated option
> > > that will eventually be removed.
> > 
> > CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH will eventually be nuked?
> 
> You'll only get a single namespace without it once the phaseout is
> complete, yes.

OK so CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH will be nuked, but the module parameter
will remain, and if the module parameter is used with multipath=N you'll
end up with a single namespace once the phase out of
CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH is complete.

> If you want nvme multipathing you'll need it, which
> is the story since day one.

Sounds good.

> If Bart wants to test dm-multipath I think his earlier srp_tests are
> the much better choice.

OK thanks for the heads up.

  Luis