From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] vbus: add a "vbus-proxy" bus model for vbus_driver objects Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:53:30 +0200 Message-ID: <20090819205330.GA29476@elte.hu> References: <4A8971A8.2040102@gmail.com> <20090817150844.GA3307@elte.hu> <4A89B08A.4010103@gmail.com> <4A8A674E.8070200@redhat.com> <4A8ABEC9.6090006@gmail.com> <4A8AD678.7050609@redhat.com> <4A8B9B79.9050004@gmail.com> <4A8BA5AE.3030308@redhat.com> <4A8C43D3.7030002@gmail.com> <4A8C627C.70001@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Gregory Haskins , kvm@vger.kernel.org, alacrityvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, "Michael S. Tsirkin" , Patrick Mullaney To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:54322 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753152AbZHSUxu (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:53:50 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A8C627C.70001@redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: * Avi Kivity wrote: >>> IIRC we reuse the PCI IDs for non-PCI. >>> >> >> You already know how I feel about this gem. > > The earth keeps rotating despite the widespread use of > PCI IDs. Btw., PCI IDs are a great way to arbitrate interfaces planet-wide, in an OS-neutral, depoliticized and well-established way. It's a bit like CPUID for CPUs, just on a much larger scope. Ingo