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

Parav Pandit
2023-04-11T13:59:49Z

> From: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 5:07 AM

> 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? We can
> place them at both but it then doesn't address the out of space issue. Things
> will be easier if we allow new features/capabilities to be placed on the
> extended space.

+1.
Driver side code to refer to extended pci area for new cap negligible being ext cap is far more common outside of virtio.