Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH 08/11] transport-pci: Introduce virtio extended capability

Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-04-11T14:11:13Z

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 05:07:11PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > now, imagine someone building a new device. if existing drivers are not
> > a concern, it is possible to move capabilities all to extended space. is
> > that possible while keeping the bios working?
>
> This is possible but I'm not sure it's worthwhile. What happens if the
> device puts all capabilities in the extended space but the bios can't
> scan there?

that's my question. why can't bios scan there?

--
MST