Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754518AbYLAMuu (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:50:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750770AbYLAMuj (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:50:39 -0500 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:47772 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750763AbYLAMui (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:50:38 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,695,1220252400"; d="scan'208";a="469781548" Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:54:52 +0800 From: Yu Zhao To: Greg KH Cc: "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , "matthew@wil.cx" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , "virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" Subject: Re: [SR-IOV driver example 0/3] introduction Message-ID: <20081201165452.GD1464@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> References: <20081121183605.GA7810@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> <20081126140303.GA13641@yzhao12-linux.sh.intel.com> <20081126165933.GB28251@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081126165933.GB28251@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1243 Lines: 24 On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:59:33AM +0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:03:03PM +0800, Yu Zhao wrote: > > SR-IOV drivers of Intel 82576 NIC are available. There are two parts > > of the drivers: Physical Function driver and Virtual Function driver. > > The PF driver is based on the IGB driver and is used to control PF to > > allocate hardware specific resources and interface with the SR-IOV core. > > The VF driver is a new NIC driver that is same as the traditional PCI > > device driver. It works in both the host and the guest (Xen and KVM) > > environment. > > > > These two drivers are testing versions and they are *only* intended to > > show how to use SR-IOV API. > > That's funny, as some distros are already shipping this driver. You > might want to tell them that this is an "example only" driver and not to > be used "for real"... :( Maybe they are shipping another version, not this one. This one is really a experimental patch, it's just created a week before... -- 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/