On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 06:20:36PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 11:15:26PM +0800, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 04:44:18PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 08:06:41AM +0800, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> > > > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:34:29PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 08:54:47PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 06:26:15PM +0800, Tiwei Bie wrote:
[...]
> > >
> > > So my point is this, VFs themselves do not have
> > > this feature.
> >
> > Yeah. I also think VFs shouldn't present this feature.
> >
> > >
> > > Should all of them have it? None of them?
> > > I don't see what use it is to VFs, but maybe
> > > we will come with a use down the road.
> > >
> > > I propose we require that
> > > 1. drivers ignore this if there is
> > > no SRIOV cap, and
> > >
> > > 2. that devices do not expose it.
> > >
> > > This way if we come up with a use down the road, only new drivers
> > > will negotiate it.
> >
> > I got your point now. Thanks!
> >
> > How about:
> >
> > If VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV has been negotiated, a driver can enable
> > virtual functions through the device's PCI SR-IOV capability
> > structure. A driver MUST NOT negotiate VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV if
> > the device does not have a PCI SR-IOV capability structure
> > or is not a PCI device. A driver MUST negotiate
> > VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV and complete the feature negotiation
> > (including setting the DRIVER_OK \field{status} bit) before
> > enabling virtual functions through the device's PCI SR-IOV
> > capability structure.
>
> Sounds good.
>
[...]
> > >
> > > Assuming we teach drivers they should ignore it
> > > if it is there without SRIOV, then this last one I'd make MUST NOT.
> >
> > Okay, how about
> >
> > A device SHOULD offer VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV if it is a PCI
> > device and presents a PCI SR-IOV capability structure,
> > otherwise it MUST NOT offer VIRTIO_F_SR_IOV.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tiwei Bie
>
> Sounds good.
Thanks a lot! I'll send a new version.
Best regards,
Tiwei Bie
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