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The
pcirebind
extension is a simple helper that attempts to rebind the drivers of a given PCI Bus ID during the boot process using a writable sysfs.This is done by passing kernel args like:
The above kernel args would generate actions similar to:
We're currently using this internally to rebind some NICs to use
vfio-pci
so that we can utilize them for VPP.Let me know if you all have any questions, suggestions, or additions you'd like me to make on this!