netdev - Re: New commands to configure IOV features

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Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:50:10 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	"Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ariel Elior <ariele@...adcom.com>,
	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: New commands to configure IOV features

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Rose, Gregory V
<gregory.v.rose@...el.com> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:bhutchings@...arflare.com]
>> >
>> > could just stop the device and add it back again?
>>
>> This is highly disruptive and I think it would be totally unacceptable for
>> at least networking devices.
>
> Agreed.
>
> We need the driver callback.

ok, something like attached patches?

ixgbe change need more cleanup from ixgbe guys.

-Yinghai

Download attachment "pci_dev_type.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (2044 bytes)

Download attachment "pci_010_pci_dev_boot_vga_x.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (1868 bytes)

Download attachment "pci_drv_set_max_vfs.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (830 bytes)

Download attachment "sriov_xxx.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (2657 bytes)

Download attachment "ixgbe_max_vfs.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (3087 bytes)