[PATCHv3 2/2] nvme: Expose cntrltype and dctype through sysfs

Chaitanya Kulkarni chaitanyak at nvidia.com
Tue Feb 8 15:18:58 PST 2022


On 2/8/22 11:33 AM, Martin Belanger wrote:
> From: Martin Belanger <martin.belanger at dell.com>
> 
> TP8010 introduces the Discovery Controller Type attribute (dctype).
> The dctype is returned in the response to the Identify command. This
> patch exposes the dctype through the sysfs. Since the dctype depends on
> the Controller Type (cntrltype), another attribute of the Identify
> response, the patch also exposes the cntrltype as well. The dctype will
> only be displayed for discovery controllers.
> 
> A note about the naming of this attribute:
> Although TP8010 calls this attribute the Discovery Controller Type,
> note that the dctype is now part of the response to the Identify
> command for all controller types. I/O, Discovery, and Admin controllers
> all share the same Identify response PDU structure. Non-discovery
> controllers as well as pre-TP8010 discovery controllers will continue
> to set this field to 0 (which has always been the default for reserved
> bytes). Per TP8010, the value 0 now means "Discovery controller type is
> not reported" instead of "Reserved". One could argue that this
> definition is correct even for non-discovery controllers, and by
> extension, exposing it in the sysfs for non-discovery controllers is
> appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Belanger <martin.belanger at dell.com>
> ---

Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch at nvidia.com>





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