Re: [RFC][PATCH] pci-assign: Drop support for raw ioport access

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On 05/28/2012 04:03 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If the kernel does not support ioport access via sysfs, passthrough can
> only help if the unlikely case that a port <= 0x3ff is provided by the
> device. So drop this to simplify the code and to allow dropping the
> corresponding KVM infrastructure in preparation of upstream merge.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Does anyone recall the precise use case this was introduced for? It
> exists since day #1, so commit logs do not help.

At a wild guess, graphics device assignment.

Under what conditions would the kernel not support ioport access via sysfs?

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