Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] PCI subsystem ids

Alan Cox
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:03:14 -0000

> same driver, of course, and live happily ever after. Also, we considered
> using Sun PCI subsystem IDs (as we do on our actual hardware), but
> figured that it would be better to use the XenSource ids, so that all
> Xen-based products out there can use eachothers virtual machines with
> minimal hassle.

On the Linux side I''d also prefer the Xen identifiers as it means we
can
reliably identify emulated hardware which can now and then be useful
when debugging reports or if the emulation is quirky.