Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] Introduce device group

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Aug 03, 2022 at 12:44:38PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > A VF now is a member of a SRIOV and SIOV type groups and we
> > can use type to distinguish between these.
> >
> > We should probably be explicit that each of these groups has to
> > have a distinct group type then.
> >
> > And this raises the question: different types have different
> > capabilities. So let's say admin queue is used to both
> > control features for SRIOV VFs and to create SIOV SFs.
> 
> I don't get how the admin queue can be used to control VF features
> considering VF has its capabilities. (SR-IOV lacks the ability to
> provision a single VF).

I mean, VF exists, but it does not have to consume lots of resources.
We can if we want to require that drivers only attach to VFs which have
been enabled through a special command.

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MST