linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v12 7/8] PCI: document SR-IOV sysfs entries

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Message-ID: <BD597E014482714090555A6376F9CA8B771BA3D0EC@EXMAIL.ad.emulex.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:32:04 -0700
From:	Chetan.Loke@...lex.Com
To:	<yu.zhao@...el.com>, <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
CC:	<linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v12 7/8] PCI: document SR-IOV sysfs entries

linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org wrote:
> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@...el.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci |   27
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> index e638e15..36edf03 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci


A very handy feature would be the ability to send Resets(BME etc) via a sysfs-entry to all the VF's attached to a PF. This way one can test the drivers/firmware really easily. 

BME
  |
  |->PF 
 	|->VF0
	|->VF1
      ..
      |->VFn


Thanks
Chetan--
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