Move NVMe files to global files list
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Authored by jhibbits on Jul 24 2016, 1:53 AM.

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scottl
jimharris
imp

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There's nothing in NVMe that's inherently architecture-specific, and
NVMe should be usable by non-x86 architectures.

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rS FreeBSD src repository - subversion

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jhibbits updated this revision to Diff 18704.Jul 24 2016, 1:53 AM

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I'm pretty sure it won't work with big endian machine. Have you tested this?

Added Jim Harris who wrote the driver.

In D7295#151926, @imp wrote:

I'm pretty sure it won't work with big endian machine. Have you tested this?

Nope, haven't tested it, don't have a NVME card to test with. There have between people expressing a desire to use it on PowerPC. Regardless, it should be usable on any little endian platform, and any bugs for big endian can be squashed as they are tested.

In D7295#151938, @jhibbits wrote:

In D7295#151926, @imp wrote:

I'm pretty sure it won't work with big endian machine. Have you tested this?

Nope, haven't tested it, don't have a NVME card to test with. There have between people expressing a desire to use it on PowerPC. Regardless, it should be usable on any little endian platform, and any bugs for big endian can be squashed as they are tested.