[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] usertools/devbind: fix binding for built-in 1kernel drivers

[Liu, Yongxin]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 00:28
> To: Liu, Yongxin <Yongxin.Liu at windriver.com>; dev at dpdk.org;
> thomas at monjalon.net
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] usertools/devbind: fix binding for
> built-in 1kernel drivers
> 
> 
> On 18-Nov-20 2:58 AM, Yongxin Liu wrote:
> > In commit 681a67288655 ("usertools: check if module is loaded before
> > binding"), script will exit if no driver is found in /sys/module/.
> >
> > However, for built-in kernel driver, /sys/module/MODULENAME only shows
> > up if it has a version or at least one parameter. Take ixgbe for
> > example, after kernel commit 34a2a3b83e2c ("net/intel: remove driver
> > versions from Intel drivers"), and if ixgbe is built directly into
> > kernel, there is no ixgbe folder in /sys/module. So the devbind script
> > should not exit.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yongxin Liu <yongxin.liu at windriver.com>
> > ---
> >
> > v2:
> >   - fix git commit description style in commit log
> >   - fix typo spelling
> >
> > ---
> >   usertools/dpdk-devbind.py | 4 ----
> >   1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py b/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py
> > index 99112b7ab..f3c0d9814 100755
> > --- a/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py
> > +++ b/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py
> > @@ -530,10 +530,6 @@ def bind_all(dev_list, driver, force=False):
> >           # driver generated error - it's not a valid device ID, so all
> is well
> >           pass
> >
> > -    # check if we're attempting to bind to a driver that isn't loaded
> > -    if not module_is_loaded(driver.replace('-','_')):
> > -        sys.exit("Error: Driver '%s' is not loaded." % driver)
> > -
> 
> I believe there is a way to check if module is built-in, can't we use that?
> We could keep a list of built-in modules of interest that we can get from:
> 
> cat /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.builtin
> 
> It's a bit more changes, but this is better than just removing the error
> check.

Thanks Anatoly for your advice.
I have sent v3. Please review.

/Yongxin

> 
> >       try:
> >           dev_list = map(dev_id_from_dev_name, dev_list)
> >       except ValueError as ex:
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Anatoly