[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] usertools/dpdk-devbind: add support for PCI wildcards
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Thu Aug 20 17:43:42 CEST 2020
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 03:44:54PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 8/20/2020 1:23 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > When binding or unbinding a range of devices, it can be useful to use
> > wildcards to specify the devices rather than repeating the same prefix
> > multiple times. We can use the python "glob" module to give us this
> > functionality - at least for PCI devices - by checking /sys for matching
> > files.
> >
> > Examples of use from my system:
> >
> > ./dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 80:04.*
> > ./dpdk-devbind.py -u 80:04.[2-7]
> >
> > The first example binds eight devices, 80:04.0..80:04.7, to vfio-pci. The
> > second then unbinds six of those devices, 80:04.2..80:04.7, from any
> > driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
>
> This is useful, thanks.
> Tested-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>
> It can be good to document this new capability in the 'help' output
> (./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py --usage).
Yep, good point, added in V2.
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