* [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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