[PATCH 3/3] nvmetcli: remove README file

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Thu Nov 24 23:46:04 PST 2016


On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 10:01:13AM -0800, Jay Freyensee wrote:
> Contents of README have been moved and updated into the
> manpage/html solution.


I still think that a basic README is useful, including pointing people
to the manpage, and for build instruction in case we add any.


> --- a/README
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,173 +0,0 @@
> -nvmetcli
> -========
> -This contains the NVMe target admin tool "nvmetcli".  It can either be
> -used interactively by invoking it without arguments, or it can be used
> -to save, restore or clear the current NVMe target configuration.
> -
> -Installation
> -------------
> -Please install the configshell-fb package from
> -https://github.com/agrover/configshell-fb first.
> -
> -nvmetcli can be run directly from the source directory or installed
> -using setup.py.
> -
> -Common Package Dependencies and Problems
> ------------------------------------------
> -nvmetcli uses the 'python-six' and 'pyparsing' packages
> -(running nvmetcli without these packages may produce
> -hard-to-decipher errors).


E.g. keep everything up to here, then add a reference to
nvmetcli.txt after that.

And keep the rest quotes below this text as well,

> -Example NVMe Target .json files
> ---------------------------------------
> -To load the loop + explicit host version above do the following:
> -
> -  ./nvmetcli restore loop.json
> -
> -Or to load the rdma + no host authentication version do the following
> -after you've ensured that the IP address in rdma.json fits your setup:
> -
> -  ./nvmetcli restore rdma.json
> -
> -These files can also be edited directly using your favorite editor.
> -
> -Testing
> --------
> -nvmetcli comes with a testsuite that tests itself and the kernel configfs
> -interface for the NVMe target.  To run it make sure you have nose2 and
> -the coverage plugin for it installed and simple run 'make test'.
> -
> -Development
> ------------------
> -Please send to linux-nvme at lists.infradead.org for review and acceptance.
> -- 
> 2.7.4
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