Re: [net-next v2 1/1] virtual-bus: Implementation of Virtual Bus

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----- Original Message -----
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 01:58:42PM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 12:46:32PM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > As always, this is all very hard to tell without actually seeing real
> > > accelerated drivers implement this.
> > > 
> > > Your patch series might be a bit premature in this regard.
> > 
> > Actually drivers implementing this have been posted, haven't they?
> > See e.g. https://lwn.net/Articles/804379/
> 
> Is that a real driver? It looks like another example quality
> thing.

I think the answer is obvious:

+static struct pci_driver ifcvf_driver = {
+	.name     = IFCVF_DRIVER_NAME,
+	.id_table = ifcvf_pci_ids,
+	.probe    = ifcvf_probe,
+	.remove   = ifcvf_remove,
+};

> 
> For instance why do we need any of this if it has '#define
> IFCVF_MDEV_LIMIT 1' ?

This is just because virtio was done at VF level.

Thanks

> 
> Surely for this HW just use vfio over the entire PCI function and be
> done with it?
> 
> Jason
> 
> 





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