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* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 1/1] doc: clarify vfio doc for built-in modules
@ 2021-10-14 12:52 Anatoly Burakov
  2021-10-14 15:12 ` Bruce Richardson
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Anatoly Burakov @ 2021-10-14 12:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev

Currently, the documentation only contains instructions for enabling
SRIOV support for VFIO compiled as a module, but doesn't have any
instructions on how to do the same for cases where VFIO is built-in.
Add these instructions.

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
index c6b6881ea2..2dd711bb37 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ The token will be used for all PF and VF ports within the application.
 
       sudo modprobe vfio-pci enable_sriov=1
 
+   Alternatively, pass the ``enable_sriov`` parameter through the ``sysfs`` if the module is already loaded or is built-in:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/module/vfio_pci/parameters/enable_sriov
+
 #. Bind the PCI devices to ``vfio-pci`` driver
 
    .. code-block:: console
-- 
2.25.1


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