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| author | James Smart <jsmart2021@gmail.com> | 2016-12-02 00:28:42 -0800 |
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| committer | Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me> | 2016-12-06 10:17:56 +0200 |
| commit | e399441de9115cd472b8ace6c517708273ca7997 (patch) | |
| tree | e06bc983af2046b5955dfe0a2a20318681ad18c0 /drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig | |
| parent | d6d20012e116904065d192be6146040c99c03c3c (diff) | |
| download | linux-e399441de9115cd472b8ace6c517708273ca7997.tar.bz2 | |
nvme-fabrics: Add host support for FC transport
Implements the FC-NVME T11 definition of how nvme fabric capsules are
performed on an FC fabric. Utilizes a lower-layer API to FC host adapters
to send/receive FC-4 LS operations and FCP operations that comprise NVME
over FC operation.
The T11 definitions for FC-4 Link Services are implemented which create
NVMeOF connections. Implements the hooks with blk-mq to then submit admin
and io requests to the different connections.
Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Jay Freyensee <james_p_freyensee@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig b/drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig index f7d37a62f874..90745a616df7 100644 --- a/drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig @@ -43,3 +43,20 @@ config NVME_RDMA from https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli. If unsure, say N. + +config NVME_FC + tristate "NVM Express over Fabrics FC host driver" + depends on BLOCK + depends on HAS_DMA + select NVME_CORE + select NVME_FABRICS + select SG_POOL + help + This provides support for the NVMe over Fabrics protocol using + the FC transport. This allows you to use remote block devices + exported using the NVMe protocol set. + + To configure a NVMe over Fabrics controller use the nvme-cli tool + from https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli. + + If unsure, say N. |