Re: [pci PATCH v8 4/4] pci-pf-stub: Add PF driver stub for PFs that function only to enable VFs

[Sunil Kovvuri]

Hi,

> +static struct pci_driver pf_stub_driver = {
> +       .name                   = "pci-pf-stub",
> +       .id_table               = pci_pf_stub_white_list,
> +       .probe                  = pci_pf_stub_probe,
> +       .sriov_configure        = pci_sriov_configure_simple,
> +};
> +

Is there any specific reason for not disabling SRIOV upon driver unload/remove ?

i.e if a user sets numVFs to a non-zero value and unloads this driver
then we have a
situation where there is no PF driver in kernel but VFs still exist.

Thanks,
Sunil.