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Subject: RE: RE: RE: [virtio-comment] RE: RE: RE: RE: [RFC] virtio-net: support access and control the member devices
> From: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com> > Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 12:24 PM > I know the gap. For us, the switch is under all devices(including the owner > device). > So we need to control the switch separately. > Right. Same for other devices too, including ours. Hence, it is also located outside of the owner device (on a different system). If the switch is not a virtio device, does it really need to be exposed as virtio object? > In your structure, the owner device works as the switch. It has port to connect > to the vf devices. > Right. I just put owner device as switch for simplicity of the discussion. At this point to have port for owner device requires creating a dedicated switching object, to be located sometimes side by side inside the owner, sometimes outside. All of these cases to be crafted, please rethink if this is _really_ needed as virtio object or not.
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