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 729D441E65; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:44:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66DBC4114B; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:44:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from wout1-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout1-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.24]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1CBE4113C for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:44:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id F124B3200900; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:44:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:44:44 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm1; t= 1678466683; x=1678553083; bh=mmrghloUU5AjVvqDIAyMgxss6JAv0LdIMNz lEQxEmLk=; b=EksPSH/OTza4S1hmvyT0ORTKoJFDeDn66XVwZNeQD13+IjjP3Y0 6kH2XKIQfeBPwxqjgMUuD3yYWwGXyy4Oya18s2AmOrN5Btky//Y2AxbUsxKPA6d7 D0F0L9cNSlNLnYmmhP9Dp+WFLM6+R8StXzoO95Ves+W8KY6mRPTHxvny3epLyqJo KxoxrL1HjGkJUL/QOTsukT2JKKpBGsjw4YR0yBdI59+xkGMacbByu8/u5ZXQTgOk FYLVhVsWXdoCmpwU6yeUupyKuRIuxL/kWza4h8k7DYl8Klb0ckQrEenhM/mmLeue gTvY6371o3O0pSVLVpVX5MMwkwZZD2lxhuA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; t= 1678466683; x=1678553083; bh=mmrghloUU5AjVvqDIAyMgxss6JAv0LdIMNz lEQxEmLk=; b=dec77J7rRP4n2GCdpqghQb12hP9dDgWL1bQe+9wozgBoCofqhlq QF6x/VWfYckBG8SNH7Ep7wmZKLwB5Mc7tbWAZIDlWj77G8oCTEShIVCSKqvJ2A/F jR38ZDXPEwOqP2d/LEGD6DnyluWzE4qKTcoue/f2qh90Pqf4oec5PsLuq1dHY94g xdFrLAAcdcSTdFg06z5r7A6j0aqx14x0e8hXNZBKilGVgcGGXOCNsYDDKArpoAfZ 97q70KCzHA065lxMToWIpSaKJSfnQ3OqQoipJ9qmzToHutz5x8oJwDuMv67Z1Pgg swNBFqCTArE6P60MwYy7e3MKggU7VhmyFKg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrvddukedgledtucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvvefufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhm rghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenuc ggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpedtjeeiieefhedtfffgvdelteeufeefheeujefgueetfedttdei kefgkeduhedtgfenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfh hrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:44:42 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Tomasz Duszynski Cc: dev@dpdk.org, chenbo.xia@intel.com, jerinj@marvell.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, david.marchand@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] bus: add platform bus Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:44:40 +0100 Message-ID: <1792851.8hzESeGDPO@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20230301195912.3835720-1-tduszynski@marvell.com> References: <20230215111031.2235204-1-tduszynski@marvell.com> <20230301195912.3835720-1-tduszynski@marvell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 01/03/2023 20:59, Tomasz Duszynski: > Platform bus is a software bus under Linux that manages devices which > generally do not have built-in discovery mechanisms. Linux normally > learns about platform devices directly from device-tree during > boot-up phase. > > Up to this point, whenever some userspace app needed control over > platform device or a range of thereof some sort of driver being > a mixture of vdev/rawdev was required. > > In order to simplify this task, provide an auto-probe > experience and separate bus logic from the driver itself, > add platform bus support. > > Currently devices backed up by vfio-platform kernel driver > are supported. > > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Duszynski Applied with minor doc improvements, thanks.