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Re: [Xen-devel] RE: Request for backport of 82599 quirks to 3.4.2

To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] RE: Request for backport of 82599 quirks to 3.4.2
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:10:45 +0100
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On 22/10/2009 18:58, "Ian Jackson" <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Rose, Gregory V writes ("[Xen-devel] RE: Request for backport of 82599 quirks
> to 3.4.2"):
>> Well they're both required to pass a VF device through to a guest and then
>> have the VF device properly reset via FLR when the guest is destroyed or shut
>> down.  If the qemu quirk to allow pass through of the VF device is committed
>> without the associated quirk in pci.py to go ahead and issue and FLR then
>> there is a possibility that a VF device could be left in some unknown state.
>> It's a low probability I think but it does seem to exist.
> 
> Thanks for thinking about that.  Well, I'll hold off until Keir
> decides, in that case.

The only sync points that matter in 3.4-testing now are the -rc tags. So go
ahead and check it in and we'll sync on -rc2.

 -- Keir



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