Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] PCI: add remove_id sysfs entry

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On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:52:23 -0800
Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This adds a remove_id sysfs entry to allow users of new_id to later
> remove the added dynid.  One use case is management tools that want to
> dynamically bind/unbind devices to pci-stub driver while devices are
> assigned to KVM guests.  Rather than having to track which driver was
> originally bound to the driver, a mangement tool can simply:
> 
> # echo "8086 10f5" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
> # echo 0000:00:19.0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:19.0/driver/unbind
> # echo 0000:00:19.0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
> 
> Guest uses device
> 
> # echo "8086 10f5" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/remove_id
> # echo 0000:00:19.0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers_probe
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to linux-next, thanks Chris.

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Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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