From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12393A04A4 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2022 18:24:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2009340141; Wed, 2 Mar 2022 18:24:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 918934274D; Wed, 2 Mar 2022 18:24:11 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1646241851; x=1677777851; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to: references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=XHQ9NcqZOU9e+YGqa+JCZuJenBim/EQOZXpEWOPISxE=; b=FHSVyjKpkew/QXylC/pWLyZyA7b4j8+asOoP8H95Klf0rHouwLRzNfsN XdYpO2P325BaS4z+lNgU/waWo5DZeoGNyft/uYFcJMV4Vd95/G1BSBPaF yipJVXzk7gHtYxdBiZCfDkHkP/s/LhSYpvXuKKVr/1JjbyBIqkUO2B40b r5TQM7NULDDExZ9nqkvYncegR0GIuySGKEYPo+Bb+t/5/GKUnXLQGFqMl 4iazPv2dcbmpxSAZT+n0g8upc1XVzLDE7fmndc4piG7lqwl4fwdaOyEI+ SjprBRjX6bwxTYShYaTCiy8Yu8pBP9Inpy+YA+zaNL5DOSlgbO9h40bqL w==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6200,9189,10274"; a="253651969" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.90,149,1643702400"; d="scan'208";a="253651969" Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 02 Mar 2022 09:24:10 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.90,149,1643702400"; d="scan'208";a="551348108" Received: from silpixa00399126.ir.intel.com ([10.237.223.34]) by orsmga008.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 02 Mar 2022 09:24:09 -0800 From: Bruce Richardson To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: stable@dpdk.org, Bruce Richardson , thomas@monjalon.net Subject: [PATCH 2/9] doc/linux_gsg: fix missing note on UIO module Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 17:22:10 +0000 Message-Id: <20220302172217.472279-3-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0 In-Reply-To: <20220302172217.472279-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> References: <20220302172217.472279-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org The docs on binding drivers was updated as part of the removal of the igb_uio module from the main DPDK repo. As part of that update, a note about uio_pci_generic requiring legacy interrupts was removed, but should have been kept. Fixes: 56bb5841fd06 ("kernel/linux: remove igb_uio") Cc: thomas@monjalon.net Cc: stable@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst index 56564286ac..75af2f01e1 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst @@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ It can be loaded as shown below: sudo modprobe uio sudo insmod igb_uio.ko +.. note:: + + For some devices which lack support for legacy interrupts, e.g. virtual function + (VF) devices, the ``igb_uio`` module may be needed in place of ``uio_pci_generic``. + .. note:: If UEFI secure boot is enabled, -- 2.32.0