linux-kernel - Re: [SR-IOV driver example 0/3] introduction

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Message-ID: <20081201165452.GD1464@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:54:52 +0800
From:	Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@...el.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"matthew@....cx" <matthew@....cx>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [SR-IOV driver example 0/3] introduction

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:59:33AM +0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:03:03PM +0800, Yu Zhao wrote:
> > SR-IOV drivers of Intel 82576 NIC are available. There are two parts
> > of the drivers: Physical Function driver and Virtual Function driver.
> > The PF driver is based on the IGB driver and is used to control PF to
> > allocate hardware specific resources and interface with the SR-IOV core.
> > The VF driver is a new NIC driver that is same as the traditional PCI
> > device driver. It works in both the host and the guest (Xen and KVM)
> > environment.
> > 
> > These two drivers are testing versions and they are *only* intended to
> > show how to use SR-IOV API.
> 
> That's funny, as some distros are already shipping this driver.  You
> might want to tell them that this is an "example only" driver and not to
> be used "for real"... :(

Maybe they are shipping another version, not this one. This one is really
a experimental patch, it's just created a week before...
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