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Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Use device path to assign devices to guest domain

On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 04:12:10PM +1100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 01:53:32PM +0900, Yuji Shimada wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:00:30 +0000
> > David Edmondson <dme@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > On 26 Feb 2009, at 8:40am, Yuji Shimada wrote:
> > > > I hope developers give me some comments.
> > > 
> > > I don't really have an opinion about what happens on Linux.
> > > 
> > > The current Solaris IO domain work uses the BDF derived naming for PCI  
> > > devices in domain specifications. We have been discussing using  
> > > Solaris device paths (such as /pci@0,0/pci8086,3605@2/pci8086,3500@0/ 
> > > pci8086,3518@2/pci108e,4836@0,1) instead, as it would simplify various  
> > > parts of our implementation and administration model.
> 
> is there a situation in Solaris where the BDF can change,
> like the situation that Shimada-san has described in Linux?

Across a reboot, yes. Without a reboot, then it looks as though it
might happen in principle, but I've not seen it.

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