# Re: New commands to configure IOV features

- From: Yinghai Lu \<yinghai@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2012-09-21 05:50:10 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/09/10904564
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/05/10894658/t.md

```text
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Rose, Gregory V
[ref] wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:<redacted>]
>> >
>> > could just stop the device and add it back again?
>>
>> This is highly disruptive and I think it would be totally unacceptable for
>> at least networking devices.
>
> Agreed.
>
> We need the driver callback.

ok, something like attached patches?

ixgbe change need more cleanup from ixgbe guys.

-Yinghai
```

## Attachments

- [pci\_dev\_type.patch](https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/09/10904564/attachment/0) (application/octet-stream, 2044 bytes)
- [pci\_010\_pci\_dev\_boot\_vga\_x.patch](https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/09/10904564/attachment/1) (application/octet-stream, 1868 bytes)
- [pci\_drv\_set\_max\_vfs.patch](https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/09/10904564/attachment/2) (application/octet-stream, 830 bytes)
- [sriov\_xxx.patch](https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/09/10904564/attachment/3) (application/octet-stream, 2657 bytes)
- [ixgbe\_max\_vfs.patch](https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/09/10904564/attachment/4) (application/octet-stream, 3087 bytes)