[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/2] tools: Add support for handling built-in kernel modules

[Kamil Rytarowski]

W dniu 26.01.2016 o 16:23, Thomas Monjalon pisze:
> 2016-01-20 10:48, krytarowski at caviumnetworks.com:
>> --- a/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py
>> +++ b/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py
>> -    for line in loaded_mods:
>> +    try:
>> +        # Get list of syfs modules, some of them might be builtin and merge with mods
> Please could you explain this comment?
> Is it remaining from previous versions of the patch?

Yes. It might be changed to:
# Get list of sysfs modules (both built-in and dynamically loaded)

> [...]
>> +        # special case for vfio_pci (module is named vfio-pci,
>> +        # but its .ko is named vfio_pci)
> Isn't it common to have dash replaced by underscore for kernel modules?
>

I retained the logic for special case of vfio-pci. At the moment 
(according to my knowledge) there are no other DPDK modules with this 
name replacement.

I checked few example Linux modules and if a module is named with dash, 
it's being replaced to underscore. The modprobe(8) tool can accept both 
names as interchangeable (with dash and underscore).

Would you like to make it a general rule and replace all dashes with 
underscores?

Thank you