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| author | Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> | 2009-02-23 21:52:23 -0800 |
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| committer | Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> | 2009-03-20 10:48:11 -0700 |
| commit | 0994375e9614f78657031e04e30019b9cdb62795 (patch) | |
| tree | 471d1eb44d5d9c6351bb55cb6187fb30c1112316 /Documentation/ABI | |
| parent | 13bf75766966e1bcc71fae536988caec312eef8f (diff) | |
| download | linux-0994375e9614f78657031e04e30019b9cdb62795.tar.bz2 | |
PCI: add remove_id sysfs entry
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:
Guest uses device
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci index e638e15a8895..3d29793a0ea2 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci @@ -41,6 +41,22 @@ Description: for the device and attempt to bind to it. For example: # echo "8086 10f5" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/foo/new_id +What: /sys/bus/pci/drivers/.../remove_id +Date: February 2009 +Contact: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> +Description: + Writing a device ID to this file will remove an ID + that was dynamically added via the new_id sysfs entry. + The format for the device ID is: + VVVV DDDD SVVV SDDD CCCC MMMM. That is Vendor ID, Device + ID, Subsystem Vendor ID, Subsystem Device ID, Class, + and Class Mask. The Vendor ID and Device ID fields are + required, the rest are optional. After successfully + removing an ID, the driver will no longer support the + device. This is useful to ensure auto probing won't + match the driver to the device. For example: + # echo "8086 10f5" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/foo/remove_id + What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../vpd Date: February 2008 Contact: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> |