From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8 v4] PCI: support the SR-IOV capability Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:37:44 -0700 Message-ID: <20081014143744.GA12251@kroah.com> References: <20081014103424.GA1704@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> <20081014105928.GF1734@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , "jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org" , "randy.dunlap@oracle.com" , "grundler@parisc-linux.org" , "achiang@hp.com" , "matthew@wil.cx" , "rdreier@cisco.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" To: Yu Zhao Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081014105928.GF1734@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 06:59:28PM +0800, Yu Zhao wrote: > +struct pci_iov { > + int cap; /* capability position */ > + int align; /* page size used to map memory space */ > + int is_enabled; /* status of SR-IOV */ > + int nentries; /* number of sysfs entries used by PF driver */ > + u16 totalvfs; /* total VFs associated with the PF */ > + u16 initialvfs; /* initial VFs associated with the PF */ > + u16 numvfs; /* number of VFs available */ > + u16 offset; /* first VF Routing ID offset */ > + u16 stride; /* following VF stride */ > + struct mutex mutex; /* lock for SR-IOV */ > + struct kobject kobj; /* koject for IOV */ Why isn't this a real struct device? That way you get all of the proper userspace notification and the like, with kobjects, you do not. thanks, greg k-h