Re: [PATCH v10 0/7] PCI: Linux kernel SR-IOV support

Yu Zhao
2009-02-25T01:35:45Z

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 06:47:38PM +0800, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Yu Zhao wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Following patches are intended to support SR-IOV capability in the
> > Linux kernel. With these patches, people can turn a PCI device with
> > the capability into multiple ones from software perspective, which
> > will benefit KVM and achieve other purposes such as QoS, security,
> > and etc.
> >
>
> Do those patches allow using a VF on the host (in other words, does the
> kernel emulate config space accesses)?

Yes, if a VF's driver is loaded in the host, the VF works the same way
as normal PCI device.