linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCHv2] x86/pci: Initial commit for new VMD device driver

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Message-ID: <20151005164624.GA13737@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:46:24 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Bryan Veal <bryan.e.veal@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCHv2] x86/pci: Initial commit for new VMD device driver


* Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Oct 2015, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >* Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com> wrote:
> >>+config VMDDEV
> >>+	depends on PCI && PCI_DOMAINS && PCI_MSI && GENERIC_MSI_IRQ_DOMAIN && IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY
> >>+	tristate "Volume Management Device Driver"
> >>+	default N
> >>+	select HAVE_VMDDEV
> >>+	---help---
> >>+	Adds support for the Intel Volume Manage Device (VMD). VMD is
> >>+	a secondary PCI host bridge that allows PCI Express root ports,
> >>+	and devices attached to them, to be removed from the default PCI
> >>+	domain and placed within the VMD domain. If your system provides
> >>+	one of these and has devices attached to it, say "Y".
> >
> >So what this text does not explain is why does the user care? What tangible
> >benefits does this feature offer to users?
> 
> Hi Ingo,
> 
> The immediate benefit is that devices on VMD domains do not use resources
> on the default PCI domain, so we have more than the 256 buses available.

Would be nice to incorporate that information in the help text and in the 
changelog.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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