#libvirt #linux #virtualisation 

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https://libvirt.org/drvnodedev.html#mediated-devices-mdevs

They are virtual devices that share a single physical device.

Similar to [[SR-IOV]] but sr-iov required registering and unregistering devices with the host PCIe bus via a host driver. 
Mediated devices don't have to do this.

So why would we still choose sriov?