Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V3 2/2] Xen/PCIback: Implement PCI flr/slot/bus reset with 'reset' SysFS attribute

Boris Ostrovsky
2018-09-18T18:08:47Z

On 9/18/18 5:32 AM, George Dunlap wrote:
>
>> On Sep 18, 2018, at 8:15 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 02:06:02PM -0400, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>>> What about the toolstack changes? Have they been accepted? I vaguely
>>> recall there was a discussion about those changes but don't remember how
>>> it ended.
>>>
>> I don't think toolstack/libxl patch has been applied yet either.
>>
>>
>> "[PATCH V1 0/1] Xen/Tools: PCI reset using 'reset' SysFS attribute":
>> https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2017-12/msg00664.html
>>
>> "[PATCH V1 1/1] Xen/libxl: Perform PCI reset using 'reset' SysFS attribute":
>> https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2017-12/msg00663.html

Will this patch work for *BSD? Roger?

>>
>> George asked for some clarifications:
>> https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2017-12/msg01044.html
>> https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2017-12/msg01116.html
> Right, the description of the patch didn’t actually tell you what was going on. It should have said something like, “xl currently attempts to reset a device using X; but that’s never been implemented in Linux. Instead, use Y, which [is better for whatever reason]”.

Yes, the description can be tightened a bit ;-)

-boris