Re: RE: xl fails to work with some command

[Weidong Han <weidong.han@intel.com>]

Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Weidong Han wrote:
>   
>>>>> Yes, give a look at libxl_device_pci_reset: first libxl tries to use the
>>>>> pciback sysfn node "do_flr", but if it is not present it will use the
>>>>> standard linux sysfs "reset" node.
>>>>> Please note that on pvops kernels the do_flr node is not present (but it
>>>>> is present on both XCP and XCI kernels) while the reset node points to
>>>>> pci_reset_function.
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> <hint>I am all up for receiving the patches from XCP/XCI for this</hint>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I think that using the standard linux reset mechanism is a better way to
>>> handle this as oppose to have our own do_flr method.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Pls note that there are some specific FLR functions for graphics 
>> pass-through. They should be ported to xl.
>>
>>     
>  
> As stated above, xl doesn't know how to FLR a device, the dom0 kernel
> provides a way to do it.
> XCP kernels have pciback do_flr that has all the HW specific FLR
> functions you are referring to AFAIK, but the pvops kernel, that uses
> the standard reset node, does not.
>
>   
So it should implement specific FLRs in pciback like XCP/XCI.

Regards,
Weidong