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On 6/17/2021 2:44 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 02:42:46AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
>
>> Do you see a reason not adding this alias for stub drivers but
>> adding it to vfio_pci drivers ?
> It creates uABI without a userspace user and that is strongly
> discouraged. The 'stub_pci:' prefix becomes fixed ABI.
so is it better to have "pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc*sc*i*" for stub drivers ? or 
not adding alias at all if stub flag is set ?
>
> Jason