Re: [PATCH vfio 11/11] vfio/virtio: Introduce a vfio driver over virtio devices

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On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 01:58:32PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:

> > +static const struct pci_device_id virtiovf_pci_table[] = {
> > +	{ PCI_DRIVER_OVERRIDE_DEVICE_VFIO(PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET, PCI_ANY_ID) },
> 
> libvirt will blindly use this driver for all devices matching this as
> we've discussed how it should make use of modules.alias.  I don't think
> this driver should be squatting on devices where it doesn't add value
> and it's not clear whether this is adding or subtracting value in all
> cases for the one NIC that it modifies.  How should libvirt choose when
> and where to use this driver?  What regressions are we going to see
> with VMs that previously saw "modern" virtio-net devices and now see a
> legacy compatible device?  Thanks,

Maybe this approach needs to use a subsystem ID match?

Jason



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