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 1FCC2A0032 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:46:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E734115B; Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:46:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC5E8410EC; Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:46:04 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1647438365; x=1678974365; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to: references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=a5DksXrHV3EeBwq0MdM8HDawNxNFjRbGVHhGy34QaLs=; b=l1Dl2Y4WG0lZZ+ifytDunLZ47DCF8CbGPMK5sJC37VcpMvpC3GD4e5Qo x1noSYaiQ3/36gHx9qAB9ga0Ycg3Q56laM5mVeXZfM51O+/GWx8fBeMKj Ud+Do6SMjbdFe6uEOu226ocLd0fQ5+xXRu8VKAF/lD0ImURRNc+A+2OD1 jHHS5vxf1SbmuDHCktqJMK7ZBSrA3G9VyUt+yzn0pKBN9ql+nzmhUnf+S kN1VQGWQNsW5YTMdp8tfH1tUvtZtVHCfQNU1lPRlQ9CGZFyJ8lS31qhOR qwpR3BEipqlGtRBCnJfM61YjKuKBpdJENAPtnsrCRjdOmDfqulA4Sdydt A==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6200,9189,10286"; a="256780545" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.90,186,1643702400"; d="scan'208";a="256780545" Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 16 Mar 2022 06:46:03 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.90,186,1643702400"; d="scan'208";a="714606480" Received: from silpixa00399126.ir.intel.com ([10.237.223.34]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 16 Mar 2022 06:46:02 -0700 From: Bruce Richardson To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Bruce Richardson , thomas@monjalon.net, stable@dpdk.org Subject: [PATCH v2 2/9] doc: fix missing note on UIO module in Linux GSG Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:45:44 +0000 Message-Id: <20220316134551.1099599-3-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0 In-Reply-To: <20220316134551.1099599-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> References: <20220302172217.472279-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <20220316134551.1099599-1-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 ef6fec10d7..bd983b4d81 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