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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/5] PCI: add set_max_vfs in pci_driver ops
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On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Don Dutile <ddutile@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 10/03/2012 01:51 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>
>> Will use it enable sriov for pci devices.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu<yinghai@kernel.org>
>> ---
>> include/linux/pci.h | 1 +
>> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
>> index be1de01..7d70a5e 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/pci.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/pci.h
>> @@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ struct pci_driver {
>> const struct pci_device_id *id_table; /* must be non-NULL for
>> probe to be called */
>> int (*probe) (struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id
>> *id); /* New device inserted */
>> void (*remove) (struct pci_dev *dev); /* Device removed (NULL if
>> not a hot-plug capable driver) */
>> + void (*set_max_vfs) (struct pci_dev *dev); /* enable sriov */
>> int (*suspend) (struct pci_dev *dev, pm_message_t state); /*
>> Device suspended */
>> int (*suspend_late) (struct pci_dev *dev, pm_message_t state);
>> int (*resume_early) (struct pci_dev *dev);
>
>
> I thought I stated the following in your earlier patch set....
>
> (a) don't use 'set_max_vfs' ; it is not changing the max; the max
> is whatever the device supports. This kind of terminology confuses
> what is being done, and not descripting what is being done.
> (b) this is equiv to the sriov_enable_vfs in the RFC set I sent.
> -- in this set, it prevents the user trying to do more than one enable,
> and that check should be done, and reject the request, which solves
> one
> of the complaints Alexander had.
>
> I'll try to mind-meld your sysfs attr creation patches to mind later today
> and post a new series tonight or tomorrow. Sorry, stuck in mtgs today (and
> right now!),
> thus the delay.

Sure. please update 3, 4 as your like, and ask greg.rose work on patch 5.

Thanks

Yinghai


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