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Date:	Thu, 7 Apr 2011 05:34:14 -0700
From:	<Ajit.Khaparde@...lex.Com>
To:	<bhutchings@...arflare.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 2/5] be2net: use common method to check for
 sriov function type

________________________________________
> From: Ben Hutchings [bhutchings@...arflare.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 3:14 AM
> To: Khaparde, Ajit
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] be2net: use common method to check for sriov function type

> On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 23:08 -0500, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
>> Lancer and BE can both use SLI_INTF_REG to check a VF or a PF.
> [...]

> This seems pretty unreliable (both in the previous and the current
> version).  You cannot rely on the whole of PCI config space being mapped
> to a VM guest.  KVM certainly didn't do this when I used PCI pass-
> through.

That's interesting. I have been using the new method for a while now.
And the older one has worked pretty well for a long time.
Can you give some details about the adapter used?
Let's start with the firmware version, lspci output.

> Ben.

> --
> Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare
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