linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: amba: add device binding path 'driver

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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:23:24 -0500
From:	Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@...escale.com>
To:	Antonios Motakis <a.motakis@...tualopensystems.com>
CC:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"open list:ABI/API" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu>, <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	<alex.williamson@...hat.com>, <tech@...tualopensystems.com>,
	<christoffer.dall@...aro.org>, <eric.auger@...aro.org>,
	<marc.zyngier@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: amba: add device binding path
 'driver_override'

On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:07:34 +0200
Antonios Motakis <a.motakis@...tualopensystems.com> wrote:

> As already demonstrated with PCI [1] and the platform bus [2], a
> driver_override property in sysfs can be used to bypass the id matching
> of a device to a AMBA driver. This can be used by VFIO to bind to any AMBA
> device requested by the user.
> 
> [1] http://lists-archives.com/linux-kernel/28030441-pci-introduce-new-device-binding-path-using-pci_dev-driver_override.html
> [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-April/msg00382.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonios Motakis <a.motakis@...tualopensystems.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@...escale.com>

Kim
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