[PATCH] nvme: Remove SCSI translations
Jens Axboe
axboe at kernel.dk
Wed Jun 14 07:50:20 PDT 2017
On 06/14/2017 08:56 AM, Keith Busch wrote:
> The SCSI-to-NVMe translations were added to assist storage applications
> utilizing SG_IO transitioning to NVMe. It was always recommended, however,
> to use native NVMe for device management: too much is lost in translation
> and the maintenance burden in keeping this kludgey layer around has been
> neglected such that much of the translations are completely broken.
>
> This patch removes SG_IO handling from NVMe. The config option has been
> disabled by default for quite some time now, so hopefully it's safe to
> remove. If not, this will force people to do the right thing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch at intel.com>
Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>
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