netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH V2] virtio_pci: Add SR-IOV support

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Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 22:07:45 +0000
From:   "Rustad, Mark D" <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
CC:     "virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org" <virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Daly, Dan" <dan.daly@...el.com>,
        "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "MRustad@...il.com" <MRustad@...il.com>,
        "alexander.duyck@...il.com" <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        "mst@...hat.com" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V2] virtio_pci: Add SR-IOV support

> On Feb 22, 2018, at 10:26 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> Can we move this into common code as a a generic_sriov_configure
> helper?  Nothing is really virtio specific, and it seems like
> some other drivers could also use it, e.g. ena or nvme.

That seems like a good idea to me, especially if PCI developers concur.

-- 
Mark Rustad, Networking Division, Intel Corporation