This is not specific to ctld, instead it is for the ctl(4) drivers in the kernel which now include NVMeoF support, not just iSCSI. There is also a local SCSI target frontend for ctl(4) that isn't iSCSI. As for ctld, while it only supports iSCSI and physical target ports (think Fibre Channel), I have WIP patches to add NVMeoF support to it. However, both ctlstat and ctladm already work with the CTL target created by nvmfd(8) today. I'm not sure what package ctlstat/ctladm/ctld belong in, but it really isn't iscsi. camcontrol is in runtime which is too generic for these. camdd(8) is also not assigned a package. Maybe a "cam" package makes sense for ctl* and camdd (but apparently not camcontrol)? Or maybe a ctl package for ctl*?

(On a related note, why is nvmecontrol in an nvme-tools package rather than just "nvme"? The use of the "-tools" suffix appears to be arbitrary and inconsistent in package names.)

i am not sure how specific we want to be here. currently the FreeBSD-iscsi package includes this:

FreeBSD-iscsi-15.snap20250516172908:
	/etc/rc.d/ctld
	/etc/rc.d/iscsictl
	/etc/rc.d/iscsid
	/usr/bin/iscsictl
	/usr/sbin/ctladm
	/usr/sbin/ctld
	/usr/sbin/iscsid

i suggest creating a new package called FreeBSD-ctl and moving ctld, ctladm and ctlstat there. FreeBSD-iscsi can remain as the package for the iSCSI initiator.

this would support three discrete workloads:

• user wants an iSCSI initiator -> pkg in FreeBSD-iscsi
• user wants an iSCSI (or NVMoF, etc.) target -> pkg in FreeBSD-ctl
• user wants to manage hir local NVMe targets -> pkg in FreeBSD-nvme-tools

does this seem reasonable, and if so is there anything else we want to move at the same time?

In D50287#1151453, @manu wrote:

You might want to drop a note in UPDATING since people who wants ctld will need to install this new package.

i will do that when i land this and also send a heads up to pkgbase@, current@

In D50287#1151459, @ivy wrote:

In D50287#1151453, @manu wrote:

You might want to drop a note in UPDATING since people who wants ctld will need to install this new package.

i will do that when i land this and also send a heads up to pkgbase@, current@

Awesome, thanks.