From: Bandan Das <bsd@redhat.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
alex.williamson@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: default legacy PCI device assignment support to "n"
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:48:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jpgzj4fcywu.fsf@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <557061B2.1030802@redhat.com> (Paolo Bonzini's message of "Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:33:22 +0200")
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> writes:
> 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?
Yeah, that is what I meant. The "Help" message does mention VFIO as the
newer option. Sometimes, seeing the word "DEPRECATED" makes one rethink if they
really need to enable it.
> Paolo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-04 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-04 8:06 [PATCH] kvm: x86: default legacy PCI device assignment support to "n" Paolo Bonzini
2015-06-04 14:31 ` Bandan Das
2015-06-04 14:33 ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-06-04 14:47 ` Alex Williamson
2015-06-04 14:48 ` Bandan Das [this message]
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