netdev - Re: [PATCH] PCI: Add ACS quirk for Broadcom BCM5750x NICs

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:30:03 -0700
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Gospodarek <gospo@...adcom.com>,
        Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: Add ACS quirk for Broadcom BCM5750x NICs

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 5:16 PM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 01:58:13PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 01:41:47PM -0400, Michael Chan wrote:
> > > From: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>
> > >
> > > The Broadcom BCM5750x NICs may be multi-function devices.  They do
> > > not advertise ACS capability. Peer-to-peer transactions are not
> > > possible between the individual functions, so it is safe to treat
> > > them as fully isolated.
> > >
> > > Add an ACS quirk for these devices so the functions can be in
> > > independent IOMMU groups and attached individually to userspace
> > > applications using VFIO.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
> >
> > Applied to pci/virtualization for v5.20, thanks!
>
> I forgot to ask: is there a plan for future devices to include an ACS
> capability?  Or will we be stuck adding quirks forever?
>
I still have not heard back definitively from the hardware team yet.
It's likely that the next device will not have ACS but the one after
that will have it.

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