Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/11] *** SUBJECT HERE ***

[Keith Busch]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> Hi Keith,
> Any pointers on how to test this?  For example NVMe-specific userspace
> tools that poke the more exotic commands/features?

I use internal tools not externally available, but I know some folks use
the compliance suite here:

http://github.com/nvmecompliance

I have no idea how to use this tool or if it is any good.

> I noticed the Linux driver comments out
> queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, ns->queue).  Do you know
> what the status is there?
>
> Stefan

Yeah, the Linux maintainer hasn't applied patches as fast as we submit
them. There's a backlog of patches on infradead.org. Here's one that
adds QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD:

http://merlin.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2012-November/000109.html