From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1769F8D36 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 12:44:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8120819F219; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 10:44:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (ovpn-116-83.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.83]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id t91Aieb4028715; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 06:44:41 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:44:40 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: Avi Kivity Message-ID: <20151001133906-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> References: <20150930204016.GA29975@redhat.com> <20151001113828-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <560CF44A.60102@scylladb.com> <20151001120027-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <560CFB66.5050904@scylladb.com> <20151001123335-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <560D028A.8050509@scylladb.com> <20151001131517-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <560D09E4.4060603@scylladb.com> <560D0A0D.8030604@scylladb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <560D0A0D.8030604@scylladb.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.23 Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Having troubles binding an SR-IOV VF to uio_pci_generic on Amazon instance X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2015 10:44:44 -0000 On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 01:25:17PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > Why use a VF on a non-virtualized system? 1. So a userspace bug does not destroy your hardware (PFs generally assume trusted non-buggy drivers, VFs generally don't). 2. So you can use a PF or another VF for regular networking. 3. So you can manage this system, to some level. -- MST