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Date:   Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:45:38 -0400
From:   Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] introduction of migration_version attribute for
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On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 10:13:01PM +0800, Eric Blake wrote:
> [meta-comment]
> 
> 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.
>
sorry for that. next time I'll try to make a better balance between
keeping conversation background and leaving the real meat of the email.

Thanks for reminding.
Yan