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From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2021 12:01:28 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] ndctl: Add pcdctl tool with pcdctl list and
 reconfigure-region commands
To: Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>
Cc: James Anandraj <james.sushanth.anandraj@intel.com>, 
	Linux NVDIMM <nvdimm@lists.linux.dev>, jmoyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>, 
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On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 5:23 AM Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 02:24:04PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > [ add Jeff, Michal, and Adam ]
> >
> > Hey ndctl distro maintainers,
> >
> > Just wanted to highlight this new tool submission for your
> > consideration. The goal here is to have a Linux native provisioning
> > tool that covers the basics of the functionality that is outside of
> > the ACPI specification, and reduce the need for ipmctl outside of
> > exceptional device-specific debug scenarios. [...]
>
> > I will note that CXL moves the region configuration into the base CXL
> > specification so the ndctl project will pick up a "cxl-cli" tool for
> > that purpose. [...]
>
> > Please comment on its suitability for shipping in distros alongside
> > the ndctl tool.
>
> I see no issues with that.
>
> You might want to suggest whether you prefer pcdctl and clx-cli to be
> shipped in a separate binary package.

Yes, that was my expectation that ndctl, daxctl, pcdctl (ipmregion?),
and the 'cxl' tool would each be independent binary packages.