linux-kernel - Re: RFC: (re-)binding the VFIO platform driver to a platform device

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Date:	Wed, 2 Oct 2013 21:44:06 +0100
From:	Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>
To:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>,
	Yoder Stuart-B08248 <B08248@...escale.com>,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"a.motakis@...tualopensystems.com" <a.motakis@...tualopensystems.com>,
	"agraf@...e.de" <agraf@...e.de>,
	Wood Scott-B07421 <B07421@...escale.com>,
	Sethi Varun-B16395 <B16395@...escale.com>,
	Bhushan Bharat-R65777 <R65777@...escale.com>,
	"peter.maydell@...aro.org" <peter.maydell@...aro.org>,
	"santosh.shukla@...aro.org" <santosh.shukla@...aro.org>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: (re-)binding the VFIO platform driver to a platform device

On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 01:39:43PM -0700, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 09:27:38PM +0100, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> > > > What you're suggesting would let users specify that
> > > > a serial driver should handle a NIC hardware, no?  That sounds much much
> > > > worse to me.
> > > 
> > > The flag (and wildcard match, if applicable) would be set by the driver,
> > > not by the user.  Whereas PCI's "new_id" and the "new_compatible" being
> > > suggested in this thread would allow exactly that, assuming the driver
> > > doesn't reject the device in the probe function.
> > > 
> > ok, fair enough, but still, I don't see the _generic_ need for having a
> > kernel feature that allows some random driver to bind to a device, but
> > then again, I'm not an authority in this area.
> 
> Again, this is already there, and has been for years with no problems,
> so I really don't understand the issue you have with it.
> 
As I said, I'm not an authority, just sounded to me like we were trying
to build something very generic to solve a very specific case, but I
certainly don't want to invent problems that don't exist.

-Christoffer
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