netdev - RE: [net-next 1/8] pci: Add flag indicating device has been assigned by KVM [and Xen]

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Date:	Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:01:36 -0700
From:	"Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gospo@...hat.com" <gospo@...hat.com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [net-next 1/8] pci: Add flag indicating device has been
 assigned by KVM [and Xen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [mailto:konrad.wilk@...cle.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 9:43 AM
> To: Rose, Gregory V
> Cc: Kirsher, Jeffrey T; davem@...emloft.net; Ian Campbell; Jesse Barnes;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org; gospo@...hat.com; linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [net-next 1/8] pci: Add flag indicating device has been
> assigned by KVM [and Xen]
> 
> > > Any plans to support bnx4 and igb with this feature?
> >
> > I'm updating the igb driver to support this feature right now.  I would
> hesitate to get into other drivers and muck with them because the changes
> to support this feature are not trivial and also involve policy decisions
> that I'd prefer to leave up to the folks who maintain those drivers.  Plus
> I have no other vendor hardware available to test the changes.
> >
> 
> Sounds fair. Did you CC them?

I'll grep through the drivers and find who calls pci_disable_sriov() and send the respective driver maintainers a notification letting them know of the patches.

> 
> > > Any ETA?
> >
> > I should have the igb driver work done in the next week or so.
> 
> Ok, please CC me on the code when you post it.

Will do.

- Greg

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