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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] pci: allow access to PCI config space
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:49:47 -0800
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2015 10:45:01 +0100
David Marchand <david.marchand-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hello Stephen,=C2=A0
>=20
> - It looks a bit odd to me, we end up with something asymetric between ui=
o / vfio wrt pci config space.
> Can we an api consistent between the two ?
> Does this mean that your pmd cannot work / has not been used with vfio ?
>=20
> - Anyway, I suppose we could reuse this api to remove the RTE_PCI_CONFIG =
#ifdef / hardcoded stuff from linux eal / igb_uio.
> Opinion ?
>=20
>=20
> --=C2=A0
> David Marchand

Ok, please send patches to VFIO to use this API.
It is not possible to do VFIO style config access through older UIO.
Therefore a wrapper like this is needed.