From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43325) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1enoNl-0005Ji-Rf for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:33:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1enoNj-0006yM-8q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:33:37 -0500 Received: from mx3-rdu2.redhat.com ([66.187.233.73]:51886 helo=mx1.redhat.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1enoNj-0006y1-2H for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:33:35 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A7A5A40FB64A for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:33:34 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:33:32 +0000 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Message-ID: <20180219163332.GZ11516@redhat.com> Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= References: <20180219163131.31153-1-kchamart@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180219163131.31153-1-kchamart@redhat.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: pcie: Spell out machine type needs for PCIe features List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Kashyap Chamarthy Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, mst@redhat.com, marcel@redhat.com 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. >=20 > Mention that explicitly. >=20 > Thanks: Daniel Berrang=C3=A9 >=20 > Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy > --- > docs/pcie.txt | 9 +++++++-- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >=20 > 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 > =20 > 1. Introduction > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > -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 behin= d > +them. > + > +Note that the PCIe features are available only when using the 'q35' > +machine type on x86 architecture and the 'virt' machine type on AArch6= 4. > +Other machine types do not use PCIe at this time. > =20 > The following presentations accompany this document: > (1) Q35 overview. Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Regards, Daniel --=20 |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberran= ge :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.c= om :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberran= ge :|