[dpdk-dev] Having troubles binding an SR-IOV VF to uio_pci_generic on Amazon instance

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 01:25:17PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Why use a VF on a non-virtualized system?

1. So a userspace bug does not destroy your hardware
   (PFs generally assume trusted non-buggy drivers, VFs
    generally don't).
2. So you can use a PF or another VF for regular networking.
3. So you can manage this system, to some level.

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