RE: [PATCH v13 21/22] vfio: Compile vfio_group infrastructure optionally

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> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2023 8:34 PM
> 
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 06:36:19AM +0000, Liu, Yi L wrote:
> > Hi Alex, Jason,
> >
> > I found a minor nit on the kconfig. The below configuration is valid.
> > But user cannot use vfio directly as there is no /dev/vfio/vfio. Although
> > user can open /dev/iommu instead. This is not good.
> >
> > CONFIG_IOMMUFD=y
> > CONFIG_VFIO_DEVICE_CDEv=n
> > CONFIG_VFIO_GROUP=y
> > CONFIG_VFIO_CONTAINER=n
> > CONFIG_IOMMUFD_VFIO_CONTAINER=n
> >
> > So need to have the below change. I'll incorporate this change in
> > this series after your ack.
> 
> This is fine, we decided to allow this in the original vfio series. It
> is usable in that you have to use iommufd natively with the group
> interface. It won't be backwards compatible with current userspace.

Sure. I'll keep the current code.

Regards,
Yi Liu




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