LSF/MM: IO Track Topics

[Omar Sandoval]

On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 12:47:47PM -0400, John Meneghini wrote:
> [re-directing this to the linux-nvme mailing list]
> 
> Since we have no lsf/mailman list this year please add people to the cc list of this email.
> 
> 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

John, does the 1PM slot tomorrow work for you for this topic?