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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 03/13] bus/fsl-mc: add support for 'driver_override' in the mc-bus
Hi Diana

On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 03:42:33PM +0300, Diana Craciun wrote:
> From: Bharat Bhushan <Bharat.Bhushan@nxp.com>
>
> This patch is required for vfio-fsl-mc meta driver to successfully bind
> layerscape container devices for device passthrough. This patch adds
> a mechanism to allow a layerscape device to specify a driver rather than
> a layerscape driver provide a device match.
>
> Example to allow a device (dprc.1) to specifically bind
> with driver (vfio-fsl-mc):-
> - echo vfio-fsl-mc > /sys/bus/fsl-mc/devices/dprc.1/driver_override
> - echo dprc.1 > /sys/bus/fsl-mc/drivers/fsl_mc_dprc/unbind
> - echo dprc.1 > /sys/bus/fsl-mc/drivers/vfio-fsl-mc/bind

Something i asked before, why is this buried in a driver, when it
could be put in the driver core. This is not the only driver doing
this, so it does make sense to share the code and bugs.

Andrew

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