On Wed, Aug 03, 2022 at 12:44:38PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
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> A VF now is a member of a SRIOV and SIOV type groups and we
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> can use type to distinguish between these.
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> We should probably be explicit that each of these groups has to
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> have a distinct group type then.
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> And this raises the question: different types have different
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> capabilities. So let's say admin queue is used to both
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> control features for SRIOV VFs and to create SIOV SFs.
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> I don't get how the admin queue can be used to control VF features
> considering VF has its capabilities. (SR-IOV lacks the ability to
> provision a single VF).
I mean, VF exists, but it does not have to consume lots of resources.
We can if we want to require that drivers only attach to VFs which have
been enabled through a special command.
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