On Sat, Sep 05, 2020 at 08:38:46PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > We should be encouraging the use of vfio_pci for developers, not telling > them to use igb_uio. > > Also fix typo where .py suffix is visible in document. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> > --- > doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst | 20 ++++++++++---------- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst b/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst > index a2910e103aab..52690f018648 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst > @@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ OPTIONS > Print the current status of all known network interfaces. > For each device, it displays the PCI domain, bus, slot and function, > along with a text description of the device. Depending upon whether > the > - device is being used by a kernel driver, the ``igb_uio`` driver, or > no > + device is being used by a kernel driver, the ``vfio_pci`` driver, or > no > driver, other relevant information will be displayed: > - the Linux interface name e.g. ``if=eth0`` > - - the driver being used e.g. ``drv=igb_uio`` > - - any suitable drivers not currently using that device e.g. > ``unused=igb_uio`` > + - the driver being used e.g. ``drv=vfio_pci`` > + - any suitable drivers not currently using that device e.g. > ``unused=vfio_pci`` > NOTE: if this flag is passed along with a bind/unbind option, the > status display will always occur after the other operations have > taken > place. > @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ OPTIONS > > .. warning:: > > - While any user can run the ``dpdk-devbind.py`` script to view the status > of the network ports, > + While any user can run the ``dpdk-devbind`` script to view the status of > the network ports, > binding or unbinding network ports requires root privileges.
Agree with all the replacements of igb_uio with vfio, but why remove the .py suffix here? The script won't run without giving its full name, so this removal seems unhelpful to the user.
