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[v2,2/9] doc: fix missing note on UIO module in Linux GSG

Message ID 20220316134551.1099599-3-bruce.richardson@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
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Series Improve Linux drivers GSG section |

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Bruce Richardson March 16, 2022, 1:45 p.m. UTC 
  The docs on binding drivers was updated as part of the removal of the
igb_uio module from the main DPDK repo. As part of that update, a note
about uio_pci_generic requiring legacy interrupts was removed, but
should have been kept.

Fixes: 56bb5841fd06 ("kernel/linux: remove igb_uio")
Cc: thomas@monjalon.net
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
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 doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
index ef6fec10d7..bd983b4d81 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@  It can be loaded as shown below:
    sudo modprobe uio
    sudo insmod igb_uio.ko
 
+.. note::
+
+    For some devices which lack support for legacy interrupts, e.g. virtual function
+    (VF) devices, the ``igb_uio`` module may be needed in place of ``uio_pci_generic``.
+
 .. note::
 
    If UEFI secure boot is enabled,