On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 02:38:08AM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > I don't think that extends as far as actively encouraging userspace > > > drivers poking at hardware in a vendor specific way. > > > > Yes, it does, if you can implement your user space requirements using > > vfio then why do you need a kernel driver? > > People's requirements differ. You are happy with just pass through a VF > you can already use it. Case closed. There are enough people who have > a fixed userspace that people have built virtio accelerators, > now there's value in supporting that, and a vendor specific > userspace blob is not supporting that requirement. I have no idea what you are trying to explain here. I'm not advocating for vfio pass through. Jason
