From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: "Duyck, Alexander H" To: "Wang, Liang-min" , "alex.williamson@redhat.com" CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "bhelgaas@google.com" , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable SR-IOV instantiation through /sys file Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 23:20:41 +0000 Message-ID: <1509146439.11655.60.camel@intel.com> References: <20171024200426.62811-1-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> <20171024234351.0af0ff4a@t450s.home> <20171025000654.7621b84e@t450s.home> <20171028001907.7b8fa60d@t450s.home> In-Reply-To: <20171028001907.7b8fa60d@t450s.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: T24gU2F0LCAyMDE3LTEwLTI4IGF0IDAwOjE5ICswMjAwLCBBbGV4IFdpbGxpYW1zb24gd3JvdGU6 DQo+IE9uIEZyaSwgMjcgT2N0IDIwMTcgMjE6NTA6NDMgKzAwMDANCj4gIldhbmcsIExpYW5nLW1p biIgPGxpYW5nLW1pbi53YW5nQGludGVsLmNvbT4gd3JvdGU6DQo+IA0KPiA+ID4gLS0tLS1Pcmln 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