[vfio-users] How to hard-reset a PCI-e device?

[Alex Williamson]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Taiidan at gmx.com <Taiidan at gmx.com> wrote:

> This is for a server, so that isn't useful.
>
> I can't understand why the maintainers of vfio don't do a hard reset if
> FLR doesn't work.
>

You have a graphics card that supports FLR?  An FLR doesn't return a
status, how do we know it didn't work?  If a device has a known broken
reset mechanism, report it and maybe we can avoid using it.  There is no
standard way to remove power from a slot unless you have a hotplug capable
slot.
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