On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 04:54:37PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > > From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 9:36 PM > > > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 04:13:51 -0500 Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > > > 3. Why not use ioctl() interface? > > > > > > > > > > Obviously I'm gonna ask you - why can't you use devlink? > > > > > > > > > This was considered. > > > > However it seems that extending devlink for vdpa specific stats, devices, > > config sounds overloading devlink beyond its defined scope. > > > > > > kuba what's your thinking here? Should I merge this as is? > > > > No objections from me if people familiar with VDPA like it. > > I was too occupied with the recent work on subfunction series. > I wanted to change the "parentdev" to "mgmtdev" to make it little more clear for vdpa management tool to see vdpa mgmt device and operate on it. > What do you think? Should I revise v2 or its late? I need a rebase anyway, so sure. -- MST _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
