[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vfio: open VFIO container at startup rather than during init

Burakov, Anatoly anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Wed Jun 18 12:26:08 CEST 2014


Hi Cristian,

> I would suggest we add a log message explaining which mechanism is loaded
> (igb_uio/vfio) and why (e.g. tried vfio first but container could not be
> opened, so falling back to igb_uio, etc).

This already happens.

If the container could not be loaded for whatever reason, the log message is displayed (it did before, but the previous code didn't account for situations such as Bruce was having, hence the patch). If VFIO is loaded and enabled, all drivers will then report either being bound or skipped (e.g. "not bound to VFIO, skipping").

Best regards,
Anatoly Burakov
DPDK SW Engineer





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