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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/5] PCI: add set_max_vfs in pci_driver ops
On 10/03/2012 04:41 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> 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.
>
Exactly what I'm doing now.
Thanks for the initial patch split of 1 & 2.
I *think* I understand how the generic framework works for
visible/invisible attributes now works! :)

> Thanks
>
> Yinghai
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