On 2/25/2026 5:25 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:52:25 +0000
Anatoly Burakov <[email protected]> wrote:
Currently, device hotplug is not documented except in API headers. Add
documentation for device hotplug, both for user facing side of it, and a
high level overview of its internal workings.
Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <[email protected]>
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Notes:
v2:
- Removed "summary" section
doc/guides/prog_guide/dev_args.rst | 3 +
doc/guides/prog_guide/device_hotplug.rst | 286 +++++++++++++++++++++++
doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst | 1 +
3 files changed, 290 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 doc/guides/prog_guide/device_hotplug.rst
This is great to see. It would be the flow from kernel to udev/systemd was
explained.
Strictly speaking this isn't DPDK scope, but I've added it to v4 anyway.
If I remember right, mlx does this through another IB mechanism.
Also mention this is Linux only.
In the spirit of using AI for everything, since I have no idea how mlx
works, I've offloaded writing this section to AI :P
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Thanks,
Anatoly
