[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/2] bus/auxiliary: introduce auxiliary bus

[Thomas Monjalon]

05/07/2021 08:45, Xueming Li:
> 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>

Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>

Applied, thanks