The docs on binding drivers was updated as part of the removal of the
igb_uio module from the main DPDK repo. As part of that update, a note
about uio_pci_generic requiring legacy interrupts was removed, but
should have been kept.
Fixes: 56bb5841fd06 ("kernel/linux: remove igb_uio")
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <[email protected]>
---
doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
index ef6fec10d7..bd983b4d81 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ It can be loaded as shown below:
sudo modprobe uio
sudo insmod igb_uio.ko
+.. note::
+
+ For some devices which lack support for legacy interrupts, e.g. virtual
function
+ (VF) devices, the ``igb_uio`` module may be needed in place of
``uio_pci_generic``.
+
.. note::
If UEFI secure boot is enabled,
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