[virtio-dev] Re: RE: RE: RE: [RFC] virtio-net: support access and control the member devices

Xuan Zhuo
2023-08-03T11:36:02Z

On Thu, 3 Aug 2023 11:25:31 +0000, Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com> wrote:
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> > From: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2023 4:48 PM
> >
> > In some of our cases this was required.
> > I think this should be done by cvq.
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> Admin command is what is suitable for device management, including features and configspace fields setup.

I agree.

But some configuration such as mac, ip(eswitch rule) for vfs that are suitable for
the admin queue?

Thanks.

> You can see in your patch that the whole group management infra needs to be built on cvq.
>
> In future, there can be a group management device which may not be the parent PF.
> When virtio matures there, same admin command will work on such group management device.
> (for example for PF).