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Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH 1/5] nvme-pci: add function nvme_submit_vf_cmd to issue admin commands for VF driver.
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 18:56:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BL0PR11MB3042C010D7673B87C3C3C7B78A1C9@BL0PR11MB3042.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BN9PR11MB52762EC4F67AF2198EB379FF8C1C9@BN9PR11MB5276.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
>
> If following the direction having controlling function to explicitly provide
> services then all those doorbells should be deprecated and instead we want
> explicit communications between VF driver and PF driver.
Hardware mechanism of communication (door bell here) can be used to
support broader scenario when VF driver and PF driver run in 2 different
OS kernels (when the VF is assigned to a VM).
>
> From userspace driver p.o.v. the VFIO uAPI is kind of a device programming
> interface. Here we just present everything related to the controlled device
> itself (including the state management) via a centralized portal though in the
> kernel there might be linkage out of VFIO to reach the controlling driver. kind
> of a sw doorbell. 😊
Yes.
And sw doorbell is more efficient than hardware doorbell 😊 .
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-09 18:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-06 5:58 [RFC PATCH 0/5] Add new VFIO PCI driver for NVMe devices Lei Rao
2022-12-06 5:58 ` [RFC PATCH 1/5] nvme-pci: add function nvme_submit_vf_cmd to issue admin commands for VF driver Lei Rao
2022-12-06 6:19 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-06 13:44 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-06 13:51 ` Keith Busch
2022-12-06 14:27 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-06 13:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-06 15:22 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-06 15:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-06 15:51 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-06 16:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-06 19:15 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-07 2:30 ` Max Gurtovoy
2022-12-07 7:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-09 2:11 ` Tian, Kevin
2022-12-12 7:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-07 7:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-07 10:59 ` Max Gurtovoy
2022-12-07 13:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-07 14:50 ` Max Gurtovoy
2022-12-07 16:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-07 13:34 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-07 13:52 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-07 15:07 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-07 16:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-07 17:31 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-07 18:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-07 20:08 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-09 2:50 ` Tian, Kevin
2022-12-09 18:56 ` Dong, Eddie [this message]
2022-12-11 11:39 ` Max Gurtovoy
2022-12-12 7:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-12 14:49 ` Max Gurtovoy
2022-12-12 7:50 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-13 14:01 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-13 16:08 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-13 17:49 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-06 5:58 ` [RFC PATCH 2/5] nvme-vfio: add new vfio-pci driver for NVMe device Lei Rao
2022-12-06 5:58 ` [RFC PATCH 3/5] nvme-vfio: enable the function of VFIO live migration Lei Rao
2023-01-19 10:21 ` Max Gurtovoy
2023-02-09 9:09 ` Rao, Lei
2022-12-06 5:58 ` [RFC PATCH 4/5] nvme-vfio: check if the hardware supports " Lei Rao
2022-12-06 13:47 ` Keith Busch
2022-12-06 5:58 ` [RFC PATCH 5/5] nvme-vfio: Add a document for the NVMe device Lei Rao
2022-12-06 6:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-06 13:05 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-06 13:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-06 13:52 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-06 14:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-06 14:20 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-06 14:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-06 14:48 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-06 15:01 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-06 15:28 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-12-06 15:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-06 18:00 ` Dong, Eddie
2022-12-12 7:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-11 12:05 ` Max Gurtovoy
2022-12-11 13:21 ` Rao, Lei
2022-12-11 14:51 ` Max Gurtovoy
2022-12-12 1:20 ` Rao, Lei
2022-12-12 8:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-12-09 2:05 ` Tian, Kevin
2022-12-09 16:53 ` Li, Yadong
2022-12-12 8:11 ` Christoph Hellwig
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