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Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio/pci: Virtualize Maximum Payload Size
To: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>,
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Hi Sinan,

On 20/09/2017 18:29, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> On 9/20/2017 12:11 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:
>> My impression is that the issue would be inefficiency.  There should be
>> nothing functionally wrong with a read request less than MPS, but we're
>> not "filling" the TLP as much as the topology allows.  Is that your
>> understanding as well, Sinan?
> 
> That's my understanding as well. It would be a performance hit to use a
> value less than MPS.
> 
> 

Thank you for your explanations.

best Regards

Eric