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authorJames Smart <jsmart2021@gmail.com>2016-12-02 00:28:42 -0800
committerSagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>2016-12-06 10:17:56 +0200
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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>
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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.