Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7 0/4] Add Mediated device support

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On 9/3/2016 3:18 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/09/2016 20:33, Kirti Wankhede wrote:
>> <Alex> We could even do:
>>>>
>>>> echo $UUID1:$GROUPA > create
>>>>
>>>> where $GROUPA is the group ID of a previously created mdev device into
>>>> which $UUID1 is to be created and added to the same group.
>> </Alex>
> 
> From the point of view of libvirt, I think I prefer Alex's idea.
> <group> could be an additional element in the nodedev-create XML:
> 
>     <device>
>       <name>my-vgpu</name>
>       <parent>pci_0000_86_00_0</parent>
>       <capability type='mdev'>
>         <type id='11'/>
>         <uuid>0695d332-7831-493f-9e71-1c85c8911a08</uuid>
>         <group>group1</group>
>       </capability>
>     </device>
> 
> (should group also be a UUID?)
> 

No, this should be a unique number in a system, similar to iommu_group.

> Since John brought up the topic of minimal XML, in this case it will be
> like this:
> 
>     <device>
>       <name>my-vgpu</name>
>       <parent>pci_0000_86_00_0</parent>
>       <capability type='mdev'>
>         <type id='11'/>
>       </capability>
>     </device>
> 
> The uuid will be autogenerated by libvirt and if there's no <group> (as
> is common for VMs with only 1 vGPU) it will be a single-device group.
> 

Right.

Kirti.

> Thanks,
> 
> Paolo
> 

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