Re: [PATCH v10 0/7] PCI: Linux kernel SR-IOV support

Matthew Wilcox
2009-03-06T19:44:41Z

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 02:54:41PM +0800, Yu Zhao wrote:
> Following patches are intended to support SR-IOV capability in the
> Linux kernel. With these patches, people can turn a PCI device with
> the capability into multiple ones from software perspective, which
> will benefit KVM and achieve other purposes such as QoS, security,
> and etc.

I reviewed this round of patches on the plane ... I'll respond to each
patch individually, but in general this all looks much better than the
first round I reviewed.

> Physical Function driver patches for Intel 82576 NIC are available:
> http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8063/
> http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8064/
> http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8065/
> http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8066/

I need to review this driver; I haven't done that yet. Has anyone else?

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