> -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Phillips [mailto:kim.phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 8:47 PM > To: Alex Williamson; gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx; Yoder Stuart-B08248; libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx; > iommu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Guenter > Roeck; christoffer.dall@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PATCH] driver core: platform: add device binding path > 'driver_override' > > Needed by platform device drivers, such as the vfio-platform driver [1], > in order to bypass the existing OF, ACPI, id_table and name string > matches, > and successfully be able to be bound to any device, like so: > > echo vfio-platform > > /sys/bus/platform/devices/fff51000.ethernet/driver_override > echo fff51000.ethernet > > /sys/bus/platform/devices/fff51000.ethernet/driver/unbind > echo fff51000.ethernet > /sys/bus/platform/drivers_probe > > This mimics "PCI: Introduce new device binding path using > pci_dev.driver_override" [2], which is an interface enhancement > for more deterministic PCI device binding, e.g., when in the > presence of hotplug. > > [1] http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1402.1/00177.html > [2] http://lists-archives.com/linux-kernel/28030441-pci-introduce-new- > device-binding-path-using-pci_dev-driver_override.html > > Suggested-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- Reviewed-by: Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
