pci: add option to force uio binding
Type: improvement
Change-Id: Ifea4badd58f7e2b5e792d7506f6747851a08587f
Signed-off-by: Benoît Ganne <bganne@cisco.com>
diff --git a/docs/configuration/reference.rst b/docs/configuration/reference.rst
index 84b2fd7..84a951c 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/reference.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration/reference.rst
@@ -666,6 +666,18 @@
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
^^^^^^^^^^^^