linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4 v2] PCI: support ARI capability

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Date:	Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:42:18 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	"Zhao\, Yu" <yu.zhao@...el.com>
Cc:	"Alex Chiang" <achiang@...com>,
	"Jesse Barnes" <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	<linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>,
	"Grant Grundler" <grundler@...isc-linux.org>,
	"Matthew Wilcox" <matthew@....cx>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4 v2] PCI: support ARI capability

 > ARI is an independent PCI Express extended capability. Multi-function
 > devices supporting this capability may use it to track dependency
 > between different functions and assign function group numbers to
 > these functions.

 > Another reason to keep this separated with SR-IOV is that after ARI
 > is enabled, PCI Express Endpoint may have non-zero slot number
 > (device number), which is different from traditional PCI Express
 > Endpoint.

OK, I guess.  Although I still don't see why we need a user-visible
option to control ARI independent of SR-IOV.  When would a user want to
enable CONFIG_PCI_ARI=y but not select CONFIG_PCI_IOV?  (Also, by the
way, why PCI_IOV instead of PCI_SR_IOV -- I assume in the future we may
have PCI_MR_IOV, and matching the PCI terminology is probably easier for
people to understand).

 - R.
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