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Re: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device

From Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device
Date 2016-12-02 08:40 +0100
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On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 07:14:03AM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> > In other words, why do you need this and PCI or USB doesn't?  Why is
> > hyperv "special"?
> 
> On Hyper-V, each VF interface (SR-IOV interface)
> is paired with an instance of the 
> synthetic interface that is managed by netvsc.
> When the VF interface comes up, we
> need to associate the VF instance with 
> the corresponding netvsc instance. To do this
> without modifying the VF drivers, netvsc registers 
> for netdev events.

Why not modify the VF drivers?  You have the full source to them...

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[PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device kys@exchange.microsoft.com - 2016-12-01 16:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-01 21:40 +0100
    RE: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2016-12-02 06:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-01 21:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-01 21:50 +0100
    RE: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2016-12-02 07:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-02 07:50 +0100
        RE: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2016-12-02 08:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-02 08:40 +0100
            RE: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2016-12-02 16:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-02 17:10 +0100
                RE: [PATCH 02/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect hv_device KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2016-12-02 22:50 +0100

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