From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paolo Bonzini Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: default legacy PCI device assignment support to "n" Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:33:22 +0200 Message-ID: <557061B2.1030802@redhat.com> References: <1433405164-2484-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, alex.williamson@redhat.com To: Bandan Das Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On 04/06/2015 16:31, Bandan Das wrote: > > VFIO has proved itself a much better option than KVM's built-in > > device assignment. It is mature, provides better isolation because > > it enforces ACS, and even the userspace code is being tested on > > a wider variety of hardware these days than the legacy support. > > > > Disable legacy device assignment by default. > > Shouldn't we mark it as Deprecated then ? Yes, good idea! You mean just " (DEPRECATED)" after the string, right? Paolo