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Subject: RE: proposal: use admin command (and aq) of the device to query config space



> From: Zhu, Lingshan <lingshan.zhu@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 3:11 PM

> > Get and set both should be inband for PF, VF, SIOV.
> > I donât see any need to diverge and create any weird combinations differently
> for 3 different device types.
> I am not sure, when passthrough a device to a guest, the guest driver ownes the
> config space of the device, if we allow changes against the config space through
> admin vq from host, it looks like a risk.

I said the opposite above, get and set is INBAND from guest driver to device for PF, VF and SIOV through its own delegated resource.
There is no AQ mediation from host.
Hence, there is no risk.


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