Re: [PATCH 6/8 v4] PCI: support the SR-IOV capability

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Oct 14 2008 - 10:41:26 EST


On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 06:59:28PM +0800, Yu Zhao wrote:
> +struct pci_iov {
> + int cap; /* capability position */
> + int align; /* page size used to map memory space */
> + int is_enabled; /* status of SR-IOV */
> + int nentries; /* number of sysfs entries used by PF driver */
> + u16 totalvfs; /* total VFs associated with the PF */
> + u16 initialvfs; /* initial VFs associated with the PF */
> + u16 numvfs; /* number of VFs available */
> + u16 offset; /* first VF Routing ID offset */
> + u16 stride; /* following VF stride */
> + struct mutex mutex; /* lock for SR-IOV */
> + struct kobject kobj; /* koject for IOV */

Why isn't this a real struct device?

That way you get all of the proper userspace notification and the like,
with kobjects, you do not.

thanks,

greg k-h
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