From: Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@intel.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
"matthew@wil.cx" <matthew@wil.cx>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
"xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
"virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org"
<virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [SR-IOV driver example 0/3] introduction
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:54:52 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081201165452.GD1464@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081126165933.GB28251@kroah.com>
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:59:33AM +0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:03:03PM +0800, Yu Zhao wrote:
> > SR-IOV drivers of Intel 82576 NIC are available. There are two parts
> > of the drivers: Physical Function driver and Virtual Function driver.
> > The PF driver is based on the IGB driver and is used to control PF to
> > allocate hardware specific resources and interface with the SR-IOV core.
> > The VF driver is a new NIC driver that is same as the traditional PCI
> > device driver. It works in both the host and the guest (Xen and KVM)
> > environment.
> >
> > These two drivers are testing versions and they are *only* intended to
> > show how to use SR-IOV API.
>
> That's funny, as some distros are already shipping this driver. You
> might want to tell them that this is an "example only" driver and not to
> be used "for real"... :(
Maybe they are shipping another version, not this one. This one is really
a experimental patch, it's just created a week before...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-01 16:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-21 18:36 [PATCH 0/13 v7] PCI: Linux kernel SR-IOV support Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:38 ` [PATCH 1/13 v7] PCI: enhance pci_ari_enabled() Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:38 ` [PATCH 2/13 v7] PCI: remove unnecessary arg of pci_update_resource() Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:39 ` [PATCH 3/13 v7] PCI: define PCI resource names in an 'enum' Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:40 ` [PATCH 4/13 v7] PCI: remove unnecessary condition check in pci_restore_bars() Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:40 ` [PATCH 5/13 v7] PCI: export __pci_read_base() Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:41 ` [PATCH 6/13 v7] PCI: make pci_alloc_child_bus() be able to handle NULL bridge Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:41 ` [PATCH 7/13 v7] PCI: add a new function to map BAR offset Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:41 ` [PATCH 8/13 v7] PCI: cleanup pci_bus_add_devices() Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:42 ` [PATCH 9/13 v7] PCI: split a new function from pci_bus_add_devices() Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:42 ` [PATCH 10/13 v7] PCI: support the SR-IOV capability Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:43 ` [PATCH 11/13 v7] PCI: reserve bus range for SR-IOV device Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:43 ` [PATCH 12/13 v7] PCI: document the SR-IOV sysfs entries Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 18:44 ` [PATCH 13/13 v7] PCI: document for SR-IOV user and developer Yu Zhao
2008-11-21 20:57 ` [PATCH 0/13 v7] PCI: Linux kernel SR-IOV support Greg KH
2008-11-22 7:03 ` Zhao, Yu
2008-11-26 14:03 ` [SR-IOV driver example 0/3] introduction Yu Zhao
2008-11-26 14:11 ` [SR-IOV driver example 1/3] PF driver: allocate hardware specific resource Yu Zhao
2008-11-26 14:21 ` [SR-IOV driver example 2/3] PF driver: integrate with SR-IOV core Yu Zhao
2008-11-26 16:58 ` Greg KH
2008-11-26 17:54 ` Chris Wright
2008-12-01 16:46 ` Yu Zhao
2008-11-26 19:27 ` Nakajima, Jun
2008-11-26 19:55 ` Greg KH
2008-12-01 16:44 ` Yu Zhao
2008-11-26 14:40 ` [SR-IOV driver example 3/3] VF driver tar ball Yu Zhao
2008-11-26 17:00 ` Greg KH
2008-11-26 16:59 ` [SR-IOV driver example 0/3] introduction Greg KH
2008-12-01 16:54 ` Yu Zhao [this message]
2008-11-26 20:14 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-12-01 16:39 ` Yu Zhao
2008-12-02 9:27 ` [SR-IOV driver example 0/3 resend] introduction Yu Zhao
2008-12-02 9:40 ` [SR-IOV driver example 1/3 resend] PF driver: hardware specific operations Yu Zhao
2008-12-02 9:42 ` [SR-IOV driver example 2/3 resend] PF driver: integrate with SR-IOV core Yu Zhao
2008-12-02 9:57 ` [SR-IOV driver example 3/3 resend] VF driver: an independent PCI NIC driver Yu Zhao
2008-12-03 3:12 ` [SR-IOV driver example 0/3 resend] introduction Jeff Kirsher
2008-12-16 23:23 ` [PATCH 0/13 v7] PCI: Linux kernel SR-IOV support Jesse Barnes
2008-12-17 2:37 ` Jike Song
2008-12-17 6:06 ` Greg KH
2008-12-17 7:07 ` Zhao, Yu
2008-12-17 7:21 ` Greg KH
2008-12-17 16:44 ` Rose, Gregory V
2008-12-17 17:51 ` Greg KH
2008-12-17 18:51 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-12-17 19:05 ` Rose, Gregory V
2008-12-17 19:34 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-12-17 19:42 ` Rose, Gregory V
2008-12-17 19:42 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-12-17 19:51 ` Greg KH
2008-12-17 20:07 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-12-18 2:39 ` Zhao, Yu
2008-12-18 22:42 ` Rose, Gregory V
2008-12-17 11:42 ` Fischer, Anna
2008-12-17 18:59 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-12-18 2:13 ` Zhao, Yu
2008-12-18 6:37 ` Fischer, Anna
2008-12-17 14:15 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-12-17 17:27 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-12-18 2:26 ` Zhao, Yu
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