RE: [virtio-comment] [PATCH v1 1/8] admin: Add theory of operation for device migration

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Parav Pandit <>
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2023-10-09T12:02:57+00:00
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RE: [virtio-comment] [PATCH v1 1/8] admin: Add theory of operation for device migration
Hi Jason,

> From: Jason Wang <>
> Sent: Monday, October 9, 2023 2:19 PM
> 
> Adding LingShan.
> 
> Parav, if you want any specific people to comment, please do cc them.
> 
> On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 7:26âPM Parav Pandit <> wrote:
> >
> > One or more passthrough PCI VF devices are ubiquitous for virtual
> > machines usage using generic kernel framework such as vfio [1].
> 
> Mentioning a specific subsystem in a specific OS may mislead the user to think
> it can only work in that setup. Let's not do that, virtio is not only used for Linux
> and VFIO.
This is just one example on how these commands are useful.
It can be useful in more ways too in more OSes too.
I will drop from the patch commit log and keep as information purpose in cover letter.
Would that work for you?

I donât have any strong opinion to keep it or remove it as most stakeholders has the clear view of requirements now.
Let me know.