[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] doc: add VFIO troubleshooting section

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Fri Nov 27 16:49:20 CET 2020


On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 11:32:32AM +0000, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
> There are common problems with VFIO that get asked over and over on the
> mailing list. Document common problems with VFIO and how to fix them or
> at least figure out what went wrong.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> ---

One typo spotted below.

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

>  doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
> index 9c61850dbb..f3c06c68d1 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
> @@ -276,3 +276,46 @@ To restore device ``82:00.0`` to its original kernel binding:
>  .. code-block:: console
>  
>      ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py --bind=ixgbe 82:00.0
> +
> +Troubleshooting VFIO
> +--------------------
> +
> +In certain situations, using ``dpdk-devbind.py`` script to bing a device to VFIO

typo: s/bing/bind/



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