From: David Vrabel <dvrabel@cantab.net>
To: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 4] Add commands to automatically prep devices for pass-through
Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 11:56:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FAA4D4F.9070804@cantab.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <patchbomb.1336559320@kodo2>
On 09/05/12 11:28, George Dunlap wrote:
> The current method for passing through devices requires users to
> either modify cryptic Linux boot parameters and reboot, or do a lot of
> manual reads and writes into sysfs nodes.
>
> This set of patches introduces commands to make this easier. It expands
> on the concept of "assignable" (from the list_assignable_devices command).
>
> The new xl commands are:
>
> pci_assignable_add: Make a device assignable to guests. This involves
> unbinding the device from its old driver, creating a slot for it in
> pciback (if necessary), and binding it to pciback.
>
> pci_assignable_list: List devices assignable to guests. Just renamed
> from pci_list_assignable.
You use underscores here (and elsewhere in the commit message) but the
code uses dashes. Suggest updating the commit messages with the format
for the commands.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-09 10:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-09 10:28 [PATCH 0 of 4] Add commands to automatically prep devices for pass-through George Dunlap
2012-05-09 10:28 ` [PATCH 1 of 4] libxl: Make a helper function write a BDF to a sysfs path George Dunlap
2012-05-10 10:40 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-09 10:28 ` [PATCH 2 of 4] libxl: Rename pci_list_assignable to pci_assignable_list George Dunlap
2012-05-10 10:43 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-10 10:54 ` George Dunlap
2012-05-09 10:28 ` [PATCH 3 of 4] libxl: Introduce pci_assignable_add and pci_assignable_remove George Dunlap
2012-05-10 11:19 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-10 14:55 ` George Dunlap
2012-05-10 15:04 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-10 16:29 ` George Dunlap
2012-05-10 16:45 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-09 10:28 ` [PATCH 4 of 4] xl: Add pci_assignable_add and remove commands George Dunlap
2012-05-10 11:31 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-11 11:13 ` George Dunlap
2012-05-11 11:19 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-11 12:50 ` George Dunlap
2012-05-11 12:58 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-09 10:49 ` [PATCH 0 of 4] Add commands to automatically prep devices for pass-through Ian Campbell
2012-05-09 11:03 ` George Dunlap
2012-05-09 11:59 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-09 13:45 ` George Dunlap
2012-05-10 10:17 ` George Dunlap
2012-05-10 10:38 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-10 14:12 ` Sander Eikelenboom
2012-05-10 14:16 ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-10 16:15 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-05-09 10:56 ` David Vrabel [this message]
2012-05-09 11:11 ` George Dunlap
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