[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] usertools: enhance device bind script module detection

pbhagavatula at marvell.com pbhagavatula at marvell.com
Sat Sep 21 20:16:26 CEST 2019


From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>

Some kernel modules have '-' in their name when populated in
'/sys/bus/pci/drivers/' where as the kernel always populates
'/sys/modules/' with '_'.
Replace '-' in module name with '_' to avoid script complaining
that module not loaded.

Signed-off-by: Phanendra Vukkisala <pvukkisala at marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
---
 usertools/dpdk-devbind.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py b/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py
index 7b5cbc12c..b1d149876 100755
--- a/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py
+++ b/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ def check_output(args, stderr=None):
 def module_is_loaded(module):
     global loaded_modules
 
+    if module == 'vfio_pci':
+        module = 'vfio-pci'
+
     if loaded_modules:
         return module in loaded_modules
 
@@ -520,7 +523,7 @@ def bind_all(dev_list, driver, force=False):
         pass
 
     # check if we're attempting to bind to a driver that isn't loaded
-    if not module_is_loaded(driver):
+    if not module_is_loaded(driver.replace('-','_')):
         sys.exit("Error: Driver '%s' is not loaded." % driver)
 
     try:
-- 
2.17.1



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