On 13/10/2016 16:36, Alex Williamson wrote: >> > >> > Libvirt would have parent and type_id in XML. No two vendors can own >> > same parent device. So I don't think vendors would collide even having >> > same type_id, since <parent, type_id> pair would always be unique. > > We have a goal of supporting migration with mdev devices, Intel has > already shown this is possible. Tying the XML representation of an > mdev device to a parent device is directly contradictory to that goal. > libvirt needs a token which is unique across vendor to be able to > instantiate an mdev device. <parent, type_id> is unacceptable.
Would the vGPU's PCI vendor and device ID be acceptable and unique? Paolo
