Re: [PATCH v2] util: basic support for VFIO variant drivers

Hey Laine, On 23/08/2022 15:11, Laine Stump wrote: > ping. > > I have a different version of this patch where I do read the modules.alias file > rather than just checking the name of the driver, but that also requires "double > mocking" open() in the unit test, which wasn't working properly, and I'd rather > not spend the time figuring it out if it's not going to be needed. (Alex prefers > that version because it is more correct than just checking the name, and he's > concerned that the new sysfs-based API may take longer than we're thinking to > get into downstream distros, but the version in this patch does satisfy both > Jason and Daniel's suggested implementations). Anyway, I can post the other > patch if anyone is interested. > [sorry for the thread necromancy] I was wondering if you're planning on respinning this work, or rather the modalias approach alternative you mention? Or perhaps we are waiting for the cdev sysfs? Though, there's still a significant amount of kernel versions to cover that won't have the sysfs entry sadly :(