Re: [Xen-devel] RE: xl fails to work with some command

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Weidong Han wrote:
> >>> Yes, give a look at libxl_device_pci_reset: first libxl tries to use the
> >>> pciback sysfn node "do_flr", but if it is not present it will use the
> >>> standard linux sysfs "reset" node.
> >>> Please note that on pvops kernels the do_flr node is not present (but it
> >>> is present on both XCP and XCI kernels) while the reset node points to
> >>> pci_reset_function.
> >>>       
> >> <hint>I am all up for receiving the patches from XCP/XCI for this</hint>
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > I think that using the standard linux reset mechanism is a better way to
> > handle this as oppose to have our own do_flr method.
> >   
> Pls note that there are some specific FLR functions for graphics 
> pass-through. They should be ported to xl.
> 
 
As stated above, xl doesn't know how to FLR a device, the dom0 kernel
provides a way to do it.
XCP kernels have pciback do_flr that has all the HW specific FLR
functions you are referring to AFAIK, but the pvops kernel, that uses
the standard reset node, does not.


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