From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yu Zhao Subject: Re: [SR-IOV driver example 0/3] introduction Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:54:52 +0800 Message-ID: <20081201165452.GD1464@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> References: <20081121183605.GA7810@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> <20081126140303.GA13641@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> <20081126165933.GB28251@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , "matthew@wil.cx" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , "virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" To: Greg KH Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081126165933.GB28251@kroah.com> Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org 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...