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Scott Lurndal wrote:

Snipping a whole lot of information I had a basic knowledge 
of but were not part of original tree of question being ask.

But thanks for the details--they help a lot.

>>> You basically need a root per device to accommodate SRIOV
>>> devices (like enterprise grade network adapters, high-end
>>> NVMe devices, etc).
>>
>>As noted above: I knew more bits than B:D,F were needed,
>>but not which and where. 

Or even the name of what I am searching Google for.....
ECAM for example.

>                          And if a single SR-IOV device
>>consumes a whole B:D,F space sobeit. ECAM alignment 
>>identifies those bits and the routings.

> Ah, I should have read this one backwards :-)

You know, sometimes when reading and writing these posts
What I need to write changes with my knowledge base and
some of the earlier writings become stale wrt what I now
grasp.

My thanks again.