Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: add kernel parameter to override devid<->driver mapping.

2014-10-07 Thread Marcel Apfelbaum
On Tue, 2014-10-07 at 18:02 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 05:48:32PM +0300, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote: > > Scanning a lot of devices during boot requires a lot of time. > > On other scenarios there is a need to bind a driver to a specific slot. > > > > Binding devices to

Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: add kernel parameter to override devid<->driver mapping.

2014-10-07 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 05:48:32PM +0300, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote: > Scanning a lot of devices during boot requires a lot of time. > On other scenarios there is a need to bind a driver to a specific slot. > > Binding devices to pci-stub driver does not work, > as it will not differentiate between d

[PATCH v3] PCI: add kernel parameter to override devid<->driver mapping.

2014-10-07 Thread Marcel Apfelbaum
Scanning a lot of devices during boot requires a lot of time. On other scenarios there is a need to bind a driver to a specific slot. Binding devices to pci-stub driver does not work, as it will not differentiate between devices of the same type. Using some start scripts is error prone. The solut