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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 09:11:10 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] rust: pci: skip probing VFs if driver doesn't
support VFs
On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 07:00:09PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> Add a "supports_vf" flag to struct pci_driver to let drivers declare
> Virtual Function (VF) support. If a driver does not support VFs, then
> the PCI driver core will not probe() any VFs for that driver's devices.
>
> On the Rust side, add a const "SUPPORTS_VF" Driver trait, defaulting to
> false: drivers must explicitly opt into VF support.
As I said in the other thread - please no.
Linux drivers are expected to run on their VFs. This temporary
weirdness of novacore should not be elevated to a core behavior that
people will misuse.
Jason
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