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[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 05:24:02AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > With 1.2 release nearing completion I went back to see what's going on > with this wotk, and it looks like I forgot to reply to this question. > Sorry. > > > On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 08:39:24PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > > > And as I said, you will need much more spec work to reach the level to which > > > features are specified - and note we are not yet happy with how features are > > Can you be specific of the work that you are expecting in this v5 version? > > I think we need a way for device to be notified about capabilities > of the driver. Current query only works the other way. Sorry I spoke from memory about previous version. Pls ignore this one and I will reply properly. > I would like us to move to add another group of feature bits intended > for the management purposes. Maybe just 32 bit, or maybe "extended > features" with a selector and length like mmio and ccw already do, > up to you. > > This will replace functionality of the query capabilities command and > have the advantage of also notifying device about capabilities of the > driver. > > > -- > MST