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On 4/29/20 4:35 AM, Yan Zhao wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 04:22:01PM +0800, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
[...]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This patchset introduces a migration_version attribute under sysfs
>>>>>>>>>>> of VFIO
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mediated devices.

Hmm, several pages with up to 16 levels of quoting, with editors making 
the lines ragged, all before I get to the real meat of the email. 
Remember, it's okay to trim content,...

>> So why don't we split the difference; lets say that it should start with
>> the hex PCI Vendor ID.
>>
> The problem is for mdev devices, if the parent devices are not PCI devices,
> they don't have PCI vendor IDs.

...to just what you are replying to.

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