On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 05:01:21PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 01:58:32PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
>
> > > +static const struct pci_device_id virtiovf_pci_table[] = {
> > > + { PCI_DRIVER_OVERRIDE_DEVICE_VFIO(PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET,
> > > PCI_ANY_ID) },
> >
> > libvirt will blindly use this driver for all devices matching this as
> > we've discussed how it should make use of modules.alias. I don't think
> > this driver should be squatting on devices where it doesn't add value
> > and it's not clear whether this is adding or subtracting value in all
> > cases for the one NIC that it modifies. How should libvirt choose when
> > and where to use this driver? What regressions are we going to see
> > with VMs that previously saw "modern" virtio-net devices and now see a
> > legacy compatible device? Thanks,
>
> Maybe this approach needs to use a subsystem ID match?
>
> Jason
Maybe make users load it manually?
Please don't bind to virtio by default, you will break
all guests.
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MST
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