Currently, the documentation only contains instructions for enabling
SRIOV support for VFIO compiled as a module, but doesn't have any
instructions on how to do the same for cases where VFIO is built-in.
Add these instructions.
Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.bura...@intel.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>
Acked-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremon...@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
index c6b6881ea2..2dd711bb37 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ The token will be used for all PF and VF ports within the
application.
sudo modprobe vfio-pci enable_sriov=1
+ Alternatively, pass the ``enable_sriov`` parameter through the ``sysfs`` if
the module is already loaded or is built-in:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/module/vfio_pci/parameters/enable_sriov
+
#. Bind the PCI devices to ``vfio-pci`` driver
.. code-block:: console
--
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