On 2/13/2018 10:06 AM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote: > On 13-Feb-18 1:43 AM, Zhang, Xiaohua wrote: >> Hi Anatoly, >> AVP is a virtual NIC type, so you are right. >> >> When using the AVP device, you will see the following information from lspci >> (example). >> Slot: 0000:00:05.0 >> Class: Unclassified device [00ff] >> Vendor: Red Hat, Inc [1af4] >> Device: Virtio memory balloon [1002] >> SVendor: Red Hat, Inc [1af4] >> SDevice: Device [0005] >> PhySlot: 5 >> Driver: virtio-pci >> >> It is a little different with the standard "Ethernet" controller, such as >> "Class: Ethernet controller [0200]". >> Theoretically, the AVP is a memory based device. That's the reason, I put it >> as separate catalog. >> > > OK, fair enough. Is there any way we can make this category > not-WindRiver AVP specific? Are there other similar devices out there > that could potentially fit into this category?
Can we call it "memory_devices" instead of "avp_devices" ? > >> >> BR. >> Xiaohua Zhang >> >> -----Original Message----- > > <snip> > >> >> Is there any particular reason why this device appears in its own category, >> rather than being added to one of the existing device classes? >> I'm not familiar with AVP but it looks like it's a NIC, so shouldn't it be >> in network_devices category? >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Anatoly >> > >
