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Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: document the new devargs syntax
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:12:54 +0100
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23/01/2018 18:37, Ga=EBtan Rivet:
> So your proposition is more flexible, but I do not see how "driver" will
> be used for matching. I guess I'll see.

=46or now, I am not sure there are real examples of driver-specific
properties to match.
An example in my mind: Napatech can have ports with the same PCI address
and they don't have any standard way of distinguishing them.