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Message-ID: <4973553f-fad2-83b9-fa19-26370ced2c2d@citrix.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:04:43 +0100
From:   Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>
To:     Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@...il.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        "Stefano Stabellini" <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
CC:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM][PATCH 0/2] Remove Xen PVH dependency on PCI

On 14/10/2020 18:53, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> A Xen PVH domain doesn't have a PCI bus or devices,

[*] Yet.

> so it doesn't need PCI support built in.

Untangling the dependences is a good thing, but eventually we plan to
put an optional PCI bus back in, e.g. for SRIOV usecases.

~Andrew