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* [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: pcie: Spell out machine type needs for PCIe features
@ 2018-02-19 16:31 Kashyap Chamarthy
  2018-02-19 16:33 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
  2018-02-19 17:39 ` Marcel Apfelbaum
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kashyap Chamarthy @ 2018-02-19 16:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel; +Cc: mst, berrange, marcel, Kashyap Chamarthy

PCIe features are available only via the 'q35' machine type for x86 and
the 'virt' machine type for AArch64 architecture.

Mention that explicitly.

Thanks: Daniel Berrangé

Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
---
 docs/pcie.txt | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/pcie.txt b/docs/pcie.txt
index 8d3694970e..89e3502075 100644
--- a/docs/pcie.txt
+++ b/docs/pcie.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ PCI EXPRESS GUIDELINES
 
 1. Introduction
 ================
-The doc proposes best practices on how to use PCI Express/PCI device
-in PCI Express based machines and explains the reasoning behind them.
+The doc proposes best practices on how to use PCI Express (PCIe) / PCI
+devices in PCI Express based machines and explains the reasoning behind
+them.
+
+Note that the PCIe features are available only when using the 'q35'
+machine type on x86 architecture and the 'virt' machine type on AArch64.
+Other machine types do not use PCIe at this time.
 
 The following presentations accompany this document:
  (1) Q35 overview.
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2.13.6

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* Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: pcie: Spell out machine type needs for PCIe features
  2018-02-19 16:31 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: pcie: Spell out machine type needs for PCIe features Kashyap Chamarthy
@ 2018-02-19 16:33 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
  2018-02-19 17:39 ` Marcel Apfelbaum
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Daniel P. Berrangé @ 2018-02-19 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kashyap Chamarthy; +Cc: qemu-devel, mst, marcel

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 05:31:31PM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
> PCIe features are available only via the 'q35' machine type for x86 and
> the 'virt' machine type for AArch64 architecture.
> 
> Mention that explicitly.
> 
> Thanks: Daniel Berrangé
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/pcie.txt | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/pcie.txt b/docs/pcie.txt
> index 8d3694970e..89e3502075 100644
> --- a/docs/pcie.txt
> +++ b/docs/pcie.txt
> @@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ PCI EXPRESS GUIDELINES
>  
>  1. Introduction
>  ================
> -The doc proposes best practices on how to use PCI Express/PCI device
> -in PCI Express based machines and explains the reasoning behind them.
> +The doc proposes best practices on how to use PCI Express (PCIe) / PCI
> +devices in PCI Express based machines and explains the reasoning behind
> +them.
> +
> +Note that the PCIe features are available only when using the 'q35'
> +machine type on x86 architecture and the 'virt' machine type on AArch64.
> +Other machine types do not use PCIe at this time.
>  
>  The following presentations accompany this document:
>   (1) Q35 overview.

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>

Regards,
Daniel
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* Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: pcie: Spell out machine type needs for PCIe features
  2018-02-19 16:31 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: pcie: Spell out machine type needs for PCIe features Kashyap Chamarthy
  2018-02-19 16:33 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
@ 2018-02-19 17:39 ` Marcel Apfelbaum
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Marcel Apfelbaum @ 2018-02-19 17:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kashyap Chamarthy, qemu-devel; +Cc: mst, berrange

On 19/02/2018 18:31, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
> PCIe features are available only via the 'q35' machine type for x86 and
> the 'virt' machine type for AArch64 architecture.
> 
> Mention that explicitly.

Thanks for the improvement

Reviewed-by: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel@redhat.com>

Thanks,
Marcel

> 
> Thanks: Daniel Berrangé
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/pcie.txt | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/pcie.txt b/docs/pcie.txt
> index 8d3694970e..89e3502075 100644
> --- a/docs/pcie.txt
> +++ b/docs/pcie.txt
> @@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ PCI EXPRESS GUIDELINES
>  
>  1. Introduction
>  ================
> -The doc proposes best practices on how to use PCI Express/PCI device
> -in PCI Express based machines and explains the reasoning behind them.
> +The doc proposes best practices on how to use PCI Express (PCIe) / PCI
> +devices in PCI Express based machines and explains the reasoning behind
> +them.
> +
> +Note that the PCIe features are available only when using the 'q35'
> +machine type on x86 architecture and the 'virt' machine type on AArch64.
> +Other machine types do not use PCIe at this time.
>  
>  The following presentations accompany this document:
>   (1) Q35 overview.
> 

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