linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] nvmet: add eui64 field to nvme

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Message-ID: <20170530092510.GB16736@lst.de>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2017 11:25:10 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Cc:     Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Linux NVMe Mailinglist <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] nvmet: add eui64 field to nvme_ns and populate via
        configfs

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:08:18AM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> Add the EUI-64 field from the NVMe Namespace Identification Descriptor
> to the nvmet_ns structure and allow it's population via configfs.

Is there any good use case for bothering with this identifier that's
too short to actually be useful?