[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus
Andrew Rybchenko
andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru
Mon Jul 5 11:19:04 CEST 2021
On 7/5/21 9:45 AM, Xueming Li wrote:
> Auxiliary bus [1] provides a way to split function into child-devices
> representing sub-domains of functionality. Each auxiliary device
> represents a part of its parent functionality.
>
> Auxiliary device is identified by unique device name, sysfs path:
> /sys/bus/auxiliary/devices/<name>
>
> Devargs legacy syntax of auxiliary device:
> -a auxiliary:<name>[,args...]
> Devargs generic syntax of auxiliary device:
> -a bus=auxiliary,name=<name>/class=<class>/driver=<driver>[,args...]
>
> [1] kernel auxiliary bus document:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/auxiliary_bus.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Xueming Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com>
> Cc: Wang Haiyue <haiyue.wang at intel.com>
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Cc: Kinsella Ray <mdr at ashroe.eu>
> Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>
I still don't understand if we really need to make the API
a part of stable API/ABI in the future. Can it be internal?
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