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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [libvirt] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7 0/4] Add Mediated device support
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 09:54:45 +0200
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On 03/09/2016 13:57, John Ferlan wrote:
>>>> After creating the vGPU, if required by the host driver, all the other
>>>> type ids would disappear from "virsh nodedev-dumpxml pci_0000_86_00_0" too.
>>>
>>> Not wanting to make assumptions, but this reads as if I create one type
>>> 11 vGPU, then I can create no others on the host.  Maybe I'm reading it
>>> wrong - it's been a long week.
>>
>> Correct, at least for NVIDIA.
>>
> 
> OK, but so what am I missing vis-a-vis the groups conversation?  Sounds
> like multiple vGPU's are being combined, but if only one can be created.
> I think this is where I got confused while reading...

Oh, I read that as "then I can create no other _types_ on the host".
For NVIDIA you can create other vGPUs but they all have to be of the
same type (type 11 in your example).

Paolo