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Subject: RE: [virtio-comment] [PATCH v1 1/8] admin: Add theory of operation for device migration



> From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 9, 2023 9:50 PM

> > > > One or more passthrough PCI VF devices are ubiquitous for virtual
> > > > machines usage using generic kernel framework such as vfio [1].
> > >
> > > Mentioning a specific subsystem in a specific OS may mislead the
> > > user to think it can only work in that setup. Let's not do that,
> > > virtio is not only used for Linux and VFIO.
> > This is just one example on how these commands are useful.
> > It can be useful in more ways too in more OSes too.
> > I will drop from the patch commit log and keep as information purpose in
> cover letter.
> > Would that work for you?
> >
> > I donât have any strong opinion to keep it or remove it as most stakeholders
> has the clear view of requirements now.
> > Let me know.
> 
> So some people use VFs with VFIO. Hence the module name.  This sentence by
> itself seems to have zero value for the spec. Just drop it.
Ok. Will drop.


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