[dpdk-dev] Add option to dpdk-devbind.py to restore kernel driver binding

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/10/2018 2:19 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 10-Apr-18 11:55 AM, Tosatti, Giovanni wrote:
>> This patch adds a " --restore" option that will unbind all devices currently bound to DPDK PMDs back to the kernel driver.
>>
>> --- /opt/Perforce/gtosatti_centos/E-XMS/CSA-Mainline/Third-Party/dpdk/dpdk-16.07.orig/tools/dpdk-devbind.py
>> +++ /opt/Perforce/gtosatti_centos/E-XMS/CSA-Mainline/Third-Party/dpdk/dpdk-16.07/tools/dpdk-devbind.py
>> @@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
>>       -u, --unbind:
> 
> Two other issues:
> 
> 1) the header is also wrongly formatted. it should read something like:
> 
> tools/devbind: add option to restore kernel driver binding
> 
> 2) the patch does not apply. not only it appears to be generated not 
> from git-send-email but reads as a diff, but it looks like it's 
> generated against a very old version of DPDK.
> 
> You might want to look at DPDK contribution guidelines:
> 
> http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/patches.html
> 
> Thanks for your effort so far!
> 

There is no response to change request for a year now.

I am marking the patch as rejected, if it is still relevant please send a
new version on top of latest repo.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

For reference patches:
https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/37774/