On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 11:19:57PM +0000, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote: >On 4/7/21 05:46, Padmakar Kalghatgi wrote: >> >> Please share your thougths whether to have this feature as a plugin or as a standalone tool, also provide feedback on our plan to have the sideband MI functionality. > >If you want it all in one place you should implement it as plugin, >it will make your life easier. > >I think Keith has already NAVKED SMBus, you need to provide a really good >justification if you want that to be a part of nvme-cli. > > > There are many SSD Vendors (Eg., as listed earlier) and OEMs using side band to validate MI. Hence we believe this plugin will be useful to the community.