LSF/MM IO Track Topics - Take 2

[John Meneghini]

We have no lsf/mailman list this year at LSF/MM so please add people to the cc list of this email for any LSF/MM IO Track 
related discussion topics.

One topic I'd like to discuss which I don't see on the IO Track agenda this year is NVMe-oF Discovery Services. I'd like to 
understand what Linux wants to do with all of the Discovery related TPs that are coming out of NVMexpress.org right now.

TP-8010 - Centralized Discovery Controller
TP-8009 - mDNS Discovery
TP-8013 - Unique Dsicovery NQN
TP-8014 - Discovery Controller

When we combine all of these with the security TPs (TP-8006 In Band Authenticate and TP-8011 TLS 1.3 Profile) we start to see 
proposals like the attached picture.

There are additional NVMe-oF proposals coming from FMDS which will impact Discovery and there is even a proposal at IETF for a 
new project for a Distributed NVMe-oF Discovery Server.

https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-nof-requirement-00.html
https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-nof-framework-00.html

IMHO NVMe-oF Discovery is turning into a giant mess. I'd like to talk about this at LSF/MM and understand how Linux plans to 
support the increasingly complex and convoluted landscape of NVMe-oF discovery; especially at it relates to multi-vendor and 
multi-fabric environments that support NVMe/TCP.

See my comments about this at:

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2022-March/030847.html

/John

On 5/2/22 11:46, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
 >
 > John,
 >
 >> 1. Is there an lsf mailman list this year?
 >
 > We haven't set it up since the attendee list has been a moving target.
 > And most of the things that went out on that list in the past (lunch
 > logistics, evening event announcements, etc.) now comes from the Linux
 > Foundation event management system.
 >
 > Happy to set it up if there's interest.
 >
 >> 2. It looks like the IO track is kind of sparse this year. Are you
 >> still in need of topics for discussion?
 >
 > Sure, while I suspect some topics will take longer than the allotted
 > time, there should be slots available.
 >
On 5/2/22 11:26, John Meneghini wrote:
  > Hi everyone.
  >
  > Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend LSF/MM in person this year but Martin and Omar sent me a virtual invitation so I
  > will be participating virtually over Zoom.
  >
  > A couple of questions:
  >
  > 1. Is there an lsf mailman list this year?
  >
  > I seem to have lost access to my old account so I just subscribed at https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/subscribe/lsf.
  > If Marin or Hannes can let me in that would be appreciated.
  >
  > 2. It looks like the IO track is kind of sparse this year. Are you still in need of topics for discussion?
  >
  > Please look for me on the Zoom call and/or feel free to call me or text me at any of the links below.

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