Re: [PATCH mlx5-next v7 0/4] Dynamically assign MSI-X vectors count

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On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 12:08:31PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> I also want to resurrect your idea of associating
> "sriov_vf_msix_count" with the PF instead of the VF.  I really like
> that idea, and it better reflects the way both mlx5 and NVMe work.

That is a better match for nvme: we can assign resources to VFs with
the PF's "VF Enable" set to '0', so configuring VFs without requiring
them be enumerated in sysfs is a plus. The VFs would also implicitly be
in the "offline" state for that condition and able to accept these
requests.



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