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[linux-2.6-microblaze.git] / Documentation / PCI / pci-iov-howto.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci-iov-howto.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci-iov-howto.txt
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@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ To disable SR-IOV capability:
        echo  0 > \
         /sys/bus/pci/devices/<DOMAIN:BUS:DEVICE.FUNCTION>/sriov_numvfs
 
+To enable auto probing VFs by a compatible driver on the host, run
+command below before enabling SR-IOV capabilities. This is the
+default behavior.
+       echo 1 > \
+        /sys/bus/pci/devices/<DOMAIN:BUS:DEVICE.FUNCTION>/sriov_drivers_autoprobe
+
+To disable auto probing VFs by a compatible driver on the host, run
+command below before enabling SR-IOV capabilities. Updating this
+entry will not affect VFs which are already probed.
+       echo  0 > \
+        /sys/bus/pci/devices/<DOMAIN:BUS:DEVICE.FUNCTION>/sriov_drivers_autoprobe
+
 3.2 Usage example
 
 Following piece of code illustrates the usage of the SR-IOV API.