On Mon, 2016-10-17 at 16:26 +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > > > > +2.1 Root Bus (pcie.0) > > > > +===================== > > > > +Place only the following kinds of devices directly on the Root Complex: > > > > + (1) Devices with dedicated, specific functionality (network card, > > > > + graphics card, IDE controller, etc); place only legacy PCI > > > > devices on > > > > + the Root Complex. These will be considered Integrated > > > > Endpoints. > > > > + Note: Integrated devices are not hot-pluggable. > > > > s/Integrated devices/Integrated Endpoints/ (which I assume > > is a Spec-Originated Term) in the last sentence, to be > > consistent with the one right before it. > > > > I'm also not sure what you mean by devices with "dedicated, > > specific functionality", and unfortunately the examples don't > > seem to be helping me. > > That language is from me (I suggested it earlier). It means devices that > you want to use for some actual task, rather than just to build your PCI > (Express) hierarchy with them. "Leaf nodes" or whatever. "Everything > non-bridge".
Isn't that basically the definition of Endpoint? It certainly is what I convinced myself "Endpoint" means :) Either way, I think we should spend a few more words there, for clarity's sake. Rewording the phrase to put more emphasis on the "legacy PCI devices only" part would probably be warranted as well. -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
