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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/16] Removed PCI ID table from igb_uio
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2014-05-23 08:11, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Thu, 22 May 2014 15:13:49 +0200
> 
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> 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