[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/16] Removed PCI ID table from igb_uio

[Thomas Monjalon]

2014-05-19 16:51, Anatoly Burakov:
> Note that since igb_uio no longer has a PCI ID list, it can now be
> bound to any device, not just those explicitly supported by DPDK. In
> other words, it now behaves similar to PCI stub, VFIO and other generic
> PCI drivers.

I wonder if we could replace igb_uio by uio_pci_generic?

> Therefore to bind a new device to igb_uio, the user will now have to
> first write its PCI ID to "new_id" file inside the igb_uio driver
> directory, and only then write the PCI ID to "bind". This will be
> reflected in later changes to PCI binding script as well.

Please explain in the commit log why you are removing PCI ids from igb_uio.

-- 
Thomas