[PATCH 2/3] Initial skeleton of VFIO support for Device Tree based devices

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Mon Aug 5 09:50:09 EDT 2013


>      > +static const struct of_device_id vfio_dt_match[] = {
>      > + � � /* In the future, we can implement a better mechanism to bind
>      the
>      > + � � �* module to any device. For now add the compatible property to
>      the
>      > + � � �* dtb of the devices we want to use. � */
>      > + � � {
>      > + � � � � � � .compatible = "vfio-dt",
>      > + � � },
>      > + � � {},
>      > +};
> 
>      This definitely doesn't belong in the dt. It's purely a Linux
>      abstraction and does not represent a piece of hardware or common
>      interface.
> 
>      We need to think of a better mechanism for binding the module to these
>      devices now.
> 
>    I already make this remark in the cover letter; thanks for confirming it.
>>    Antonios

Sorry, I found the cover letter a little unclear in that regard.

Thanks for the clarification :)

Mark.



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