Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][HVM] pass-through PCI device hotplug support

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25/1/08 01:31, "Zhai, Edwin" <edwin.zhai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> to users. In addition the existing block & network hotplug commands use
>> 'attach' and 'detach' for their command names. So for sake of consistency
>> I'd recommend command names of:
>> 
>>   pci-list
>>   pci-attach
>>   pci-detach
> 
> I had the same idea at the beginning, but change mind due to some concerns:
> 
> xxx-attach/detach are used for _PV_ driver, but dpci is not the case.
> If pci PV driver support hotplug in future, we get a complicated code path to
> handle both PV and dpci's hotplug.
> 
> So do we have plan to support PCI PV driver hotplug? If no, we can use
> pci-attach/detach.

That's a hideously bad argument.

 -- Keir



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