Re: [PATCH] pci: add remove_id sysfs entry

Greg KH
2009-02-14T03:36:10Z

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 06:12:44PM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> This adds a remove_id sysfs entry to allow users of new_id to later
> remove the added dynid. One use case is management tools that want to
> dynamically bind/unbind devices to pci-stub driver while devices are
> assigned to KVM guests. Rather than having to track which driver was
> originally bound to the driver, a mangement tool can simply:
>
> # echo "8086 10f5" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id

As you're adding a new sysfs file, can you please document it in
Documentation/ABI? I know the original bind and unbind files aren't
documented there, they were created before the ABI/ directory showed up.

It would be nice to add them as well if anyone wants to :)

thanks,

greg k-h