[RFC PATCH] nvmet: Back namespace with files

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 12:41:20PM -0500, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 11:20:14PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Given that namespace management is tied to controller IDs it's a fairly
> > bad fit for fabrics, especially so with our dynamic controller model.
> 
> Hm, implementation details aside for a second, isn't namespace management
> more useful on fabrics than pci? It's like managing LUNs on a SAN,
> but with spec defined commands.

It would be more useful, but for that it should operate on good
persistent identifier, e.g. Host NQNs.