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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC 1/2] vhost: make capabilities configurable
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Hi Zhihong

On 12/23/2017 04:36 AM, Zhihong Wang wrote:
> This patch makes vhost device capabilities configurable to adopt various
> engines. Such capabilities include supported features, protocol features,
> queue number. APIs are introduced to let app configure these capabilities.

Why does the vDPA driver need to mask protocol features?

Maxime