Re: [RFC PATCH] pci: add hook for architectures to disble SR-IOV at runtime

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On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 07:25 +0800, Ram Pai wrote:
> On x86,  the code anyway works the way you mention. It allocates space
> to the VF BARs, only if available and is non-conflicting. If it is
> unable to do so, sriov_init() and its friends don't do much.

They already do too much (ie changing num VF, changing page size),
that's enough to break some drivers.

> Should'nt the code in power architecture do the same? i.e disable
> the SRIOV resources if the one allocated are conflicting. After that
> the rest of the code should take care of itself? 

Cheers,
Ben.


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