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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/16] Removed PCI ID table from igb_uio
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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.