[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/2] tools: Add support for handling built-in kernel modules
Thomas Monjalon
thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Jan 28 14:52:12 CET 2016
2016-01-28 12:17, Kamil Rytarowski:
>
> W dniu 26.01.2016 o 16:23, Thomas Monjalon pisze:
> > 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?
>
> Yes. It might be changed to:
> # Get list of sysfs modules (both built-in and dynamically loaded)
OK
> > [...]
> >> + # 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?
> >
>
> I retained the logic for special case of vfio-pci. At the moment
> (according to my knowledge) there are no other DPDK modules with this
> name replacement.
>
> I checked few example Linux modules and if a module is named with dash,
> it's being replaced to underscore. The modprobe(8) tool can accept both
> names as interchangeable (with dash and underscore).
>
> Would you like to make it a general rule and replace all dashes with
> underscores?
I don't know. Do what you think is best.
Thanks
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