* Greg KH (g...@kroah.com) wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 06:18:29PM -0800, Chris Wright wrote: > > This adds a remove_id sysfs entry to allow users of new_id to later > > remove the added dynid. One use case is management tools that want to > > dynamically bind/unbind devices to pci-stub driver while devices are > > assigned to KVM guests. Rather than having to track which driver was > > originally bound to the driver, a mangement tool can simply: > > > > # echo "8086 10f5" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id > > # echo -n 0000:00:19.0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:19.0/driver/unbind > > # echo -n 0000:00:19.0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind > > Ah, you do need -n with unbind and bind, you might want to change your > documentation :)
Heh, it is confusing. I'll just drop the -n from the changelog here, and add a note to the docs that mention older kernels may need -n. thanks, -chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
