From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Assmann Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sysfs: add entry to indicate network interfaces with random MAC address Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:08:14 +0200 Message-ID: <4C494DEE.3010101@redhat.com> References: <20100721150732.GR7497@gospo.rdu.redhat.com> <20100721102816.4bef5ada@nehalam> <20100721.103249.107094774.davem@davemloft.net> <201007211129.48288.leedom@chelsio.com> <43F901BD926A4E43B106BF17856F0755F184620A@orsmsx508.amr.corp.intel.com> <4C47EAF3.3080602@redhat.com> <2408F875-69BE-45D3-8605-4AE5CDA4601C@chelsio.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Rose, Gregory V" , David Miller , shemminger@vyatta.com, andy@greyhouse.net, harald@redhat.com, bhutchings@solarflare.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, "Duyck, Alexander H" To: Casey Leedom Return-path: In-Reply-To: <2408F875-69BE-45D3-8605-4AE5CDA4601C@chelsio.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On 23.07.2010 02:26, Casey Leedom wrote: > > Or you simply don't have the VF Driver loaded in the "Domain 0" Control OS. When we install the cxgb4 PF Driver with "num_vf=..." this enables the PCI-E SR-IOV Capabilities within the various PFs and the corresponding VF PCI Devices are instantiated and discovered by the Domain 0 Linux OS. But without a cxgb4vf VF Driver loaded, those devices just sit there  available for "Device Assignment" to VMs. > Just out of curiosity, how do you prevent the VF driver from getting loaded in the host? Except from blacklisting it. Stefan -- Stefan Assmann | Red Hat GmbH Software Engineer | Otto-Hahn-Strasse 20, 85609 Dornach | HR: Amtsgericht Muenchen HRB 153243 | GF: Brendan Lane, Charlie Peters, sassmann at redhat.com | Michael Cunningham, Charles Cachera