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SubjectRe: Programming PASID in IMS entries
Hi Thomas,

On Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 08:45:48PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Ashok,
>
> >> > IMS core owns the format of the entries right now vs device specific driver.
> >> > I suppose your use case requiring a vm_id might have a different format.
> >> > So this is yet another one the core needs to learn and adapt?
> >>
> >> All entry format stuff is device specific, it shouldn't be in "core"
> >> code.
> >
> > Well, this is how it started way back last year.
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/158751209583.36773.15917761221672315662.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com/
>
> Which is wrong on so many levels as we all know.

Sorry, I was just trying to point to Jason, that its how things started.
Since he was suggesting to have them as device specific.


>
> > Where the driver functions for mask/unmask/write_msg etc. So the core
> > needs
>
> Needs what?

Fat fingered that reply.. I completed it partially but moved to a different
sentence formation :-(
>
> > So the format or layout is device specific, but core can dictate the exact
> > message that needs to be written.
>
> Sorry, I don't grok what you want to say here.

Sorry it was unclear.. I meant things like compose_msg()

Cheers,
Ashok

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