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

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Tue Jan 26 16:23:31 CET 2016


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?

[...]
> +        # 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?



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