[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc/devbind: remove references to igb_uio

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 05:43:29PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 9/24/2020 6:53 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > We should be encouraging the use of vfio_pci for developers, not telling
> > them to use igb_uio.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> > v2 -- drop change about filename
> > 
> >   doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst | 18 +++++++++---------
> >   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst b/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst
> > index a2910e103aab..5dcaf8c207dd 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst
> > @@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ OPTIONS
> >           Print the current status of all known network interfaces.
> >           For each device, it displays the PCI domain, bus, slot and function,
> >           along with a text description of the device. Depending upon whether the
> > -        device is being used by a kernel driver, the ``igb_uio`` driver, or no
> > +        device is being used by a kernel driver, the ``vfio_pci`` driver, or no
> >           driver, other relevant information will be displayed:
> >           - the Linux interface name e.g. ``if=eth0``
> > -        - the driver being used e.g. ``drv=igb_uio``
> > -        - any suitable drivers not currently using that device e.g. ``unused=igb_uio``
> > +        - the driver being used e.g. ``drv=vfio_pci``
> > +        - any suitable drivers not currently using that device e.g. ``unused=vfio_pci``
> >           NOTE: if this flag is passed along with a bind/unbind option, the
> >           status display will always occur after the other operations have taken
> >           place.
> > @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ To display current device status::
> >      dpdk-devbind --status
> > -To bind eth1 from the current driver and move to use igb_uio::
> > +To bind eth1 from the current driver and move to use vfio_pci::
> > -   dpdk-devbind --bind=igb_uio eth1
> > +   dpdk-devbind --bind=vfio_pci eth1
> 
> Module name is 'vfio_pci' but driver name is 'vfio-pci', for this document I
> guess all instances should be 'vfio-pci'.
> 

Yes, I believe all instances of vfio_pci should be replaced with the "-"ed
version. With that change:

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>