[dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3 1/2] config/armv8a: disable igb_uio

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 11 May 2016 22:32:16 +0530
Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 08:22:59AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 May 2016 19:17:58 +0530
> > Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > IGB_UIO not supported for arm64 arch in kernel so disable.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Santosh Shukla <santosh.shukla at caviumnetworks.com>
> > 
> > Really, I have use IGB_UIO on ARM64
> 
> May I know what is the technical use case for igb_uio on arm64
> which cannot be addressed through vfio or vfioionommu.

I was running on older kernel which did not support vfioionommu mode.