On 10/1/25 4:47 PM, Joel Fernandes wrote: >> On Oct 1, 2025, at 7:00 PM, John Hubbard <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 10/1/25 3:52 PM, Danilo Krummrich wrote: >>>> On Thu Oct 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM CEST, John Hubbard wrote: >>>> On 10/1/25 6:52 AM, Zhi Wang wrote: >>>>> On 1.10.2025 13.32, Danilo Krummrich wrote: >>>>>> On Wed Oct 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM CEST, John Hubbard wrote: >>>>>>> On 9/30/25 5:29 PM, Alistair Popple wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2025-10-01 at 08:07 +1000, John Hubbard <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote... >>>> ... > Here is my opinion and correct me if I missed something: > > It feels premature to remove the option of nova-core binding to a VF, since > other options to disable auto probing do exist as Jason pointed out. > > Taking a parallel with VFIO pass through for instance, the user already has > to do some diligence like preventing drivers from binding and then making > vfio-pci bind to the device IDs. This case is similar though slightly > different, but VFIO setup requires some configuration anyway so will it > really improve anything? > > I quietly suggest holding on till there is a real need or we are sure nova > cannot bind to, or operate on a VF. This
I'm confident that nova-core cannot properly handle a VF with *today's* code. There is no expectation at all for a VF to show up--yet. Which is why I think it's appropriate to skip it right now. thanks, -- John Hubbard
