From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Vrabel Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 4] Add commands to automatically prep devices for pass-through Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 11:56:15 +0100 Message-ID: <4FAA4D4F.9070804@cantab.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: George Dunlap Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org 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