[vfio-users] Configuring SR-IOV on a LSI SAS 2008 HBA

[Taiidan at gmx.com]

On 03/12/2018 08:38 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 20:32:40 -0400
> "Taiidan at gmx.com" <Taiidan at gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> I have procured one of these cards and according to lspci it supports
>> SR-IOV like the newer ones (2308, 3008 etc) but there is zero
>> documentation anywhere about configuring a HBA/RAID card with SR-IOV I
>> have even looked at the manuals for the newer ones where broadcom touts
>> it as a great feature but there is no instruction on how to use it.
>>
>> Ideas? Thanks!
> The hardware might support it, but the upstream drivers don't.  You're
> outta luck afaict.
Thanks for the reply.

I don't understand why advertise a feature if it isn't supported in the 
drivers they made? that makes no sense.
Do you mean just the 2xxx controllers or the newer 3xxx as well? are 
there any RAID/HBA cards that actually have SR-IOV?