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authorKlaus Jensen2020-01-13 19:12:50 +0100
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pci: allocate pci id for nvme
The emulated nvme device (hw/block/nvme.c) is currently using an internal Intel device id. Prepare to change that by allocating a device id under the 1b36 (Red Hat, Inc.) vendor id. Signed-off-by: Klaus Jensen <k.jensen@samsung.com> Acked-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
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+NVM Express Controller
+======================
+
+The nvme device (-device nvme) emulates an NVM Express Controller.
+
+
+Reference Specifications
+------------------------
+
+The device currently implements most mandatory features of NVMe v1.3d, see
+
+ https://nvmexpress.org/resources/specifications/
+
+for the specification.
+
+
+Known issues
+------------
+
+* The accounting numbers in the SMART/Health are reset across power cycles
+
+* Interrupt Coalescing is not supported and is disabled by default in volation
+ of the specification.