support NVMe-OF (NVMe via TCP)

[TheJJ]

possible alternative to nbd

[ojafuenf]

The server is configured via nvmetcli. (git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/nvmetcli.git, depends on configshell-fb) In arch the nvmet kernelmodule must be loaded manually. Debian does it automatically The configuration is documented at https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP1/html/SLES-all/cha-nvmeof.html

The client only requires nvme-cli (from package manager). In arch the nvme_fabrics and nvme_tcp have to be loaded manually again. Debian does it automatically. The basic command are: nvme discover -t tcp -a SERVERIP -s 4420 -n stiefel nvme connect -t tcp -a SERVERIP -s 4420 -n stiefel nvme disconnect -d /dev/nvmeX

[franciscod]

Related project that just popped and made me think of stiefelsystem: https://github.com/poettering/diskomator

(also uses NVMe-TCP)

[TheJJ]

Indeed, @poettering's idea and motivation seems very similar to ours - would be cool if we could benefit from features in other components added because of his project. It also increases our motivation to finally finish our better-packageable improved version of stiefelsystem 😊