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authorBenoît Ganne <bganne@cisco.com>2022-10-13 17:22:26 +0200
committerDave Wallace <dwallacelf@gmail.com>2023-01-11 15:23:44 +0000
commit6a07348f4a5312310c01fdd5af937ce26580eb2d (patch)
tree9ed9307f1529a556231977e7c7ab661b7dbf434a /docs/configuration/reference.rst
parenteea6edcda896ccf8d5befed14eb95432a235644c (diff)
pci: add option to force uio binding
Type: improvement Change-Id: Ifea4badd58f7e2b5e792d7506f6747851a08587f Signed-off-by: Benoît Ganne <bganne@cisco.com>
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@@ -666,6 +666,18 @@ or auto (default)
uio-driver vfio-pci
+uio-bind-force
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Force VPP to rebind the interface(s) to the selected UIO driver, even if the
+interface is up in Linux.
+By default, VPP will refuse to bind an interface if it is up in Linux,
+in case it is in active use.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ uio-bind-force
+
no-multi-seg
^^^^^^^^^^^^