From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 13/16] Removed PCI ID table from igb_uio Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 09:48:57 +0200 Message-ID: <1601857.gVNpU9ypQv@xps13> References: <1444994.s4JW68cLD9@xps13> <20140523081108.132009f7@samsung-9> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20140523081108.132009f7@samsung-9> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" 2014-05-23 08:11, Stephen Hemminger: > On Thu, 22 May 2014 15:13:49 +0200 > > Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2014-05-19 16:51, Anatoly Burakov: > > > Note that since igb_uio no longer has a PCI ID list, it can now be > > > bound to any device, not just those explicitly supported by DPDK. In > > > other words, it now behaves similar to PCI stub, VFIO and other generic > > > PCI drivers. > > > > I wonder if we could replace igb_uio by uio_pci_generic? > > Not as is. I am strarting a new driver for upstream kernel based of > pci_generic plus igb_uio. After discussion with Greg KH, doing a new > driver seems like best idea. > > PCI generic driver as is does not do interrupts, and does not > claim PCI resources from kernel. OK, thanks. Don't hesitate to keep us informed about this work. -- Thomas