On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 04:55:57PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 12:51:46PM -0700, Raj, Ashok wrote:
> > I think we agreed (or agree to disagree and commit) for device types that 
> > we have for SIOV, VFIO based approach works well without having to 
> > re-invent 
> > another way to do the same things. Not looking for a shortcut by any means, 
> > but we need to plan around existing hardware though. Looks like vDPA took 
> > some shortcuts then to not abstract iommu uAPI instead :-)? When all
> > necessary hardware was available.. This would be a solved puzzle. 
> 
> I think it is the opposite, vIOMMU and related has outgrown VFIO as
> the "home" and needs to stand alone.
> 
> Apparently the HW that will need PASID for vDPA is Intel HW, so if

So just to make this clear, I did check internally if there are any plans
for vDPA + SVM. There are none at the moment. It seems like you have
better insight into our plans ;-). Please do let me know who confirmed vDPA
roadmap with you and I would love to talk to them to clear the air.


Cheers,
Ashok
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