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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/10] pci: place all uio pci device ids
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 08:30:40 +0100
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2016-01-18 13:30, David Marchand:
> We could do something =E0 la modinfo, but let's keep it simple for no=
w.
>=20
> With this, you can extract the devices that need to be bound to uio /=
 vfio
> with tools like objdump :
>=20
> $ objdump -j rte_pci_id_uio -s build/lib/librte_pmd_fm10k.so
>=20
> Contents of section rte_pci_id_uio:
>  15760 8680a415 ffffffff 8680d015 ffffffff  ................
>  15770 8680a515 ffffffff 00000000 00000000  ................

Yes we need a modinfo-like tool.
Currently, the UIO/VFIO binding can be done after parsing the PCI devic=
e list.
It is better to define the device ids locally to their drivers but it m=
ust
be integrated with an appropriate parsing tool at the same time.
And more importantly than any tool, the format of these ELF data must b=
e
properly defined, documented and extensible.

Is there someone experimented with such format definition?
Stephen, you were asking for this change, what is your opinion?
I remember that Neil was also interested in this change:
=09http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-January/012115.html
Panu, Christian, this change could be related to distribution packaging=
.
Thanks for helping to move this change forward.