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Tsirkin" To: Parav Pandit Cc: Jason Wang , "virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org" , "cohuck@redhat.com" , "sburla@marvell.com" , Shahaf Shuler , Maor Gottlieb , Yishai Hadas , Zhu Lingshan Message-ID: <20231009121638-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20231008112555.473895-1-parav@nvidia.com> <20231008112555.473895-2-parav@nvidia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [virtio-comment] [PATCH v1 1/8] admin: Add theory of operation for device migration On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 12:02:54PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > Hi Jason, > > > From: Jason Wang > > Sent: Monday, October 9, 2023 2:19 PM > > > > Adding LingShan. > > > > Parav, if you want any specific people to comment, please do cc them. > > > > On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 7:26 PM Parav Pandit wrote: > > > > > > 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 don’t 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. -- MST This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC. In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required before posting. 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