Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932234AbbFDOsh (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2015 10:48:37 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:49779 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753238AbbFDOsf (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2015 10:48:35 -0400 From: Bandan Das To: Paolo Bonzini Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, alex.williamson@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: default legacy PCI device assignment support to "n" References: <1433405164-2484-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> <557061B2.1030802@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:48:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <557061B2.1030802@redhat.com> (Paolo Bonzini's message of "Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:33:22 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 978 Lines: 24 Paolo Bonzini writes: > On 04/06/2015 16:31, Bandan Das wrote: >> > VFIO has proved itself a much better option than KVM's built-in >> > device assignment. It is mature, provides better isolation because >> > it enforces ACS, and even the userspace code is being tested on >> > a wider variety of hardware these days than the legacy support. >> > >> > Disable legacy device assignment by default. >> >> Shouldn't we mark it as Deprecated then ? > > Yes, good idea! You mean just " (DEPRECATED)" after the string, right? Yeah, that is what I meant. The "Help" message does mention VFIO as the newer option. Sometimes, seeing the word "DEPRECATED" makes one rethink if they really need to enable it. > Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/