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

[Thomas Monjalon]

2014-05-22 13:24, Burakov, Anatoly:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> > I wonder if we could replace igb_uio by uio_pci_generic?
> 
> Can it do DMA or IOMMU support? Not even VFIO does everything we need, you
> may have noticed that I have to go to PCI config space to enable bus
> mastering. I don't think that driver can do either of those things. Unless,
> of course, you meant simply not tying the binding script to specific
> driver, which in effect is already in place (although it does check whether
> vfio-pci or igb_uio are loaded).

Actually my question was: is there something in igb_uio which is not already 
handled by uio_pci_generic?

-- 
Thomas