28/10/2019 15:50, Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula: > >21/09/2019 20:16, pbhagavat...@marvell.com: > >> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavat...@marvell.com> > >> > >> Some kernel modules have '-' in their name when populated in > >> '/sys/bus/pci/drivers/' where as the kernel always populates > >> '/sys/modules/' with '_'. > >> Replace '-' in module name with '_' to avoid script complaining > >> that module not loaded. > > > >Sorry it does not look obvious to me. > >Please, could you describe what is wrong and what is the real cause? > > > > dpdk-devbind.py can also be used to bind devices to kernel modules. > Some kernel modules are registered with '-' in their name and are populated > with '-' in '/sys/bus/pci/drivers/' but kernel populates the name in > /sys/modules/ as '_'
Sorry, still not clear. What do you mean by "registered"? > This confuses the current script making it unable to bind to such modules. > The patch > addresses it by always replacing '-' with '_' when looking in /sys/modules/ Yes this sentence is clear (except it is /sys/module/). Please send a v2 with a clear explanation.
